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Table 2 Means of fitness traits for Mbita and Ifakara strains and their respective female/male crosses

From: Fitness consequences of Anopheles gambiae population hybridization

Strain/Population

Wing length in mm (standard error)

Fecundity* (standard error)

Blood-meal size (μl) (standard error)

Mbita

2.86 (0.03)

35.97 (2.56)

3.15 (0.14)

Ifakara

2.89 (0.03)

49.27 (2.67)

2.54 (0.08)

F1 from Mbita female × Ifakara male

3.13 (0.03)

74.87 (2.63)

4.04 (0.16)

F1 from Ifakara female × Mbita male

3.03 (0.02)

83.20 (5.36)

4.51 (0.21)

F5 from Mbita female × Ifakara male

2.94 (0.02)

68.93 (2.61)

4.02 (0.16)

F5 from Ifakara female × Mbita male

3.14 (0.02)

68.77 2.69)

3.38 (0.18)

  1. * Fecundity is the number of eggs laid plus the number of eggs retained.