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Table 1 Fecundity and viability of F5 and F10 Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti (wMelBr) females fed mouse blood

From: The influence of different sources of blood meals on the physiology of Aedes aegypti harboring Wolbachia wMel: mouse blood as an alternative for mosquito rearing

Generation

Strain

Nulls (%)

Fecundity (%)

Fertility (%)

F5 (n = 30)

wMelBr (mouse)

16.6

84.6 (± 15.7) a

72.0% (± 28.5%) a

wMelBr (human)

10

47.2(± 16.7) b

87.4% (± 18.5%) a

wMelBr

(human to mouse)

10

66.4 (± 19.7) a

78.6% (± 20.0%) a

Control_Rock (mouse)

3

66.7 (± 9.9) a

84.6% (± 16.1%) a

F10 (n = 30)

wMelBr (mouse)

16.6

61.2 (± 37.6) a

77.5 (± 13.2) a

wMelBr (human)

10

61.0(± 24.8) a

71.5% (± 17.5%) a

wMelBr

(human to mouse)

10

69.7(± 26.5) a

63.7% (± 11.5%) a

Control_Rock (mouse)

3

127.3(± 27.6) b

75.5% (± 14.9) a

  1. Nulls Percentage of females that did not lay eggs, Fecundity mean number of eggs per female, Fertility mean number of eggs hatched, wMelBr Wolbachia-infected strain, Rock Wolbachia-free mosquitoes of the Rockefeller lineage
  2. Different lowercase letters represent statistically significant differences among strains in each generation (P < 0.05)
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