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Table 1 Mean male traits for the refractory and susceptible genotypes

From: Comparison of male reproductive success in malaria-refractory and susceptible strains of Anopheles gambiae

 

Black males

Red males

Trait

Mean

s.e.

n

Mean

s.e.

n

emerge

9.70

0.067

8

9.32

0.058

8

wing

2.61

0.014

8

2.80

0.011

8

p.insem

0.86

0.031

8

0.82

0.037

8

p.motile

0.40

0.059

8

0.58

0.056

8

p.ovip

0.48

0.066

8

0.78

0.063

8

eggs/batch

88.73

3.509

8

101.42

1.067

8

Black block

 

Refractory males

Susceptible males

Trait

Mean

s.e.

n

Mean

s.e.

n

emerge

9.54

0.034

4

9.86

0.055

4

Wing

2.63

0.022

4

2.60

0.015

4

p.insem

0.82

0.046

4

0.91

0.033

4

p.motile

0.42

0.099

4

0.39

0.078

4

p.ovip

0.46

0.068

4

0.51

0.125

4

eggs/batch

95.86

1.605

4

81.60

4.583

4

Red block

 

Refractory males

Susceptible males

Trait

Mean

s.e.

n

Mean

s.e.

n

emerge

9.41

0.060

4

9.22

0.078

4

wing

2.80

0.021

4

2.79

0.008

4

p.insem

0.84

0.037

4

0.79

0.068

4

p.motile

0.56

0.059

4

0.59

0.104

4

p.ovip

0.78

0.090

4

0.79

0.103

4

eggs/batch

101.32

2.034

4

101.52

1.081

4

  1. The six male traits are mean time to emerge (emerge), mean wing length (wing), the proportions of inseminated (p.insem), motile sperm bearing (p.motile), and ovipositing females (p.ovip), and the mean number of eggs per batch (eggs/batch). Shown are the means, standard errors (s.e.), and the numbers of male cages (n). For each male cage, emerge is based on ~33 males (range = 24 to 43), wing is based on ~10 males, the proportions (p.insem, p.motile, p.ovip) are based on ~10 females, and eggs/batch is based on ~22 batches (range = 9 to 35).
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Malaria Journal

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