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Table 5 Mean (± s.e.m.) wing lengths (mm) of males from competition and control experiments.

From: Towards a sterile insect technique field release of Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes in Sudan: Irradiation, transportation, and field cage experimentation

Experiment

Wild

Laboratory

   

irradiated†/un-irradiated

 

N

size

N

Size

Competition

    

1

8

2.47 ± 0.07

 

n/d

2

47

2.67 ± 0.02b

39

2.88 ± 0.02a†

Control

    

1

41

2.60 ± 0.02

 

n/a

2

7

2.75 ± 0.09a

16

2.73 ± 0.02a

3

25

2.74 ± 0.03a

14

2.77 ± 0.04a section A

   

25

2.70 ± 0.04a section C

Overall

128

2.65 ± 0.01a

94

2.78 ± 0.02b

  1. N is the number of wings measured. Mean values for wild and laboratory (i.e. irradiated and un-irradiated) males are given. Means without letters in common are significantly different at p < 0.05 for each row. n/d: not determined, n/a: not applicable.
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Malaria Journal

ISSN: 1475-2875

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