Laboratory selection for an accelerated mosquito sexual development rate

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Stages of terminalia rotation for laboratory and wild males at different time after emergence.

Age (hrs)	Stage 0			Stage 1			Stage 2			Stage 3			Stage 4
Age (hrs)	Lab	Wild		Lab	Wild		Lab	Wild		Lab	Wild		Lab	Wild
5.5	86	60	NS	14	40	NS
12.5				0	12.5	NS	0	25	*	6.7	62.5	***	93.3	0	***
17							0	25	***	4	75	***	96	0	***

Percentage of laboratory colony (Lab) and males collected on the field (Wild) with the terminalia rotated in the different stages. NS indicates a non significant difference between laboratory and wild males; * and *** indicate a significant difference (P < 0.05 and P < 0.001 respectively). Sample sizes were 14, 39 and 57 for the laboratory males and 5, 8 and 8 for the wild males at 5.5, 12.5 and 17 h post-emergence respectively.

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