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Table 1 Characteristics of the sperm length (mm) distribution in male progeny from field-caught females, four strains of contrasted age of colonization and two refreshed strains (see Methods )

From: Differential effects of inbreeding and selection on male reproductive phenotype associated with the colonization and laboratory maintenance of Anopheles gambiae

Strain	Age (years)	Mean (mm)	Median (mm)	Range (mm)
Field Mopti	0	0.251	0.244	0.126–0.462
Mopti 2008	2	0.200	0.195	0.063–0.381
Mopti 2008	1	0.278	0.284	0.120–0.469
refreshed 2009	1	0.278	0.284	0.120–0.469
Mopti 2003	7	0.139	0.109	0.015–0.557
Mopti 2003	2	0.223	0.213	0.091–0.412
refreshed 2008	2	0.223	0.213	0.091–0.412
KIL	35+	0.190	0.181	0.054–0.372
Kisumu	35+	0.102	0.087	0.020-0.321

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