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Table 3 Tikok performance without dieldrin selection.

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

Generation

Egg number

Hatch rate (%)

Number of larvae exposed to dieldrin

Survival rate following dieldrin selection (%)

Number of male pupae

Number of pupae

Male %

F1

1219

25.68

280

47.14

70

70

100.00

F2

2147

40.06

627

29.98

159

160

99.38

F3

1373

64.02

850

8.35

64

65

98.46

F4

328

92.68

250

3.20

7

7

100.00

F5

1292

93.73

1102

0.00

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