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Table 10 Goodness-of-fit test (likelihood ratio) of mosquito sex ratio across microcosms (Experiment 2)

From: Laboratory and microcosm experiments reveal contrasted adaptive responses to ammonia and water mineralisation in aquatic stages of the sibling species Anopheles gambiae (sensu stricto) and Anopheles coluzzii

Species

Microcosm

Female proportion (%)

Sample size

Chi-square

df

P-value

An. coluzzii

Rice paddy

53 (36–70)

30

0.1334

1

0.7149ns

Rain puddle

57 (45–68)

69

1.1773

1

0.2779ns

An. gambiae (s.s.)

Rice paddy

41 (22–64)

17

0.5322

1

0.4657ns

Rain puddle

54 (45–62)

121

0.6700

1

0.4130ns

  1. ***P < 0.0001; ** P < 0.01; *P < 0.05; ns > 0.05. Ninety-five percent confidence intervals are in parentheses