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Table 1 Radio-sterilization of ANO IPCL1. Percentage of egg hatch, resulting in first instar larvae or in emerged adults in progeny from males subjected to different radiation doses at the pupal or adult stage.

From: Genetic sex separation of the malaria vector, Anopheles arabiensis, by exposing eggs to dieldrin

Dose (Gy)

Stage of irradiation

Percentage of hatched eggs

Percentage of 1st instar larvae

Percentage of emerged adults

  

Mean

SEM

 

Mean

SEM

 

Mean

SEM

 

0

Pupa

33.9

1.6

a

28.2

1.9

b

   
 

Adult

27.6

1.9

a

22.4

1.7

b

   

35

Adult

12.9

1.2

a

9.6

1.3

b

2.4

0.8

c

60

Pupa

8.3

1.0

a

5.8

0.9

a

3.1

0.6

b

 

Adult

5.8

0.8

a

3.6

0.6

a

2.1

0.4

b

75

Pupa

3.8

0.8

a

1.3

0.5

a

0.6

0.3

a

 

Adult

6.9

1.1

a

3.8

1.0

b

1.5

0.5

b

90

Pupa

4.6

0.8

a

1.6

0.4

b

1.0

0.3

b

 

Adult

2.6

0.6

a

0.8

0.3

a

0.2

0.1

b

105

Pupa

4.2

0.7

a

0.9

0.3

b

0.5

0.2

b

 

Adult

1.2

0.3

a

0.2

0.1

b

0

0

b

  1. Within one treatment (same dose and stage of irradiation), values followed by different letters are statistically significantly different (P < 0.05).
  2. Emergence of adults could not be followed for control treatments.