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Table 1 Mean (± standard deviation) total number of released adult females and males that were recaptured in, respectively, the semi-field mating competition and swarm site attendance assays, separated by cage number. Data are calculated across all trials performed within the given semi-field cage

From: Too “sexy” for the field? Paired measures of laboratory and semi-field performance highlight variability in the apparent mating fitness of Aedes aegypti transgenic strains

Cage

♀ recaptured, mating competition (%)

♂ recaptured, swarm site attendance (%)

1

53.5 ± 2.12

68.8 ± 11.88

2

81.0 ± 2.65*

76.9 ± 16.24

3

61.3 ± 7.09

70.0 ± 16.04

  1. *Indicates significant difference with P < 0.0001 from pairwise Tukey’s HSD tests