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Table 1 Aedes albopictus, dieldrin selection of genetics sexing strain candidates. Egg hatch and sex ratios are provided for each candidate. Egg hatch is given for S-Run as a control (MD: missing data).

From: Construction of a genetic sexing strain for Aedes albopictus: a promising tool for the development of sterilizing insect control strategies targeting the tiger mosquito

F0 Irradiation dose (Gy)

Generation

Starter male

Eggs number

Tikok Hatch rate (%)

S-Run Hatch rate (%)

Number of larvae exposed to dieldrin

Survival rate following dieldrin selection (%)

Number of male pupae

Number of pupae

Male %

20

F2

A

169

95.27

MD

138

48.55

40

66

60.61

20

F2

B

139

93.53

MD

122

51.64

37

56

66.07

25

F2

C

143

90.21

MD

114

41.23

24

33

72.73

25

F2

D

121

30.58

MD

18

44.44

6

6

100.00

20

F3

A

192

88.02

73.2

117

62.39

44

70

62.86

20

F3

B

352

86.93

73.2

251

51.79

64

116

55.17

25

F3

C

486

74.07

73.2

316

47.78

68

139

48.92

25

F3

D

149

24.16

73.2

31

29.03

7

7

100.00

20

F4

A

1242

25.93

87.1

284

50.00

62

141

43.97

25

F4

D

929

13.46

87.1

104

46.15

36

36

100.00

25

F5

D

1465

34.61

93.7

390

47.95

125

132

94.70

25

F6

D

6462

28.04

87.0

1540

47.14

500

509

98.23

25

F7

D

2288

31.42

79.8

538

37.55

80

82

97.56

25

F8

D

482

26.56

MD

95

37.89

30

30

100.00

25

F9_a

D

1218

32.02

89.5

317

48.90

102

115

88.70

25

F9_b

D

1747

27.48

89.5

429

48.25

113

116

97.41

25

F10

D

1499

34.89

91.7

350

49.71

164

166

98.80

25

F11

D

3241

39.46

MD

1648

46.84

744

750

99.20

25

F12

D

2461

35.19

86.6

759

47.56

340

345

98.55