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Table 1 Summary of competitive mating experiments employing males of β2Ppo1 line (above) and males of β2Ppo2 line (below)

From: Stimulating Anopheles gambiae swarms in the laboratory: application for behavioural and fitness studies

Cage

Treatment

# of adults per cage β2Ppo1♂♂:G3♂♂:G3♀♀

(%) G3 ♂♂ survival

(%) β2Ppo1♂♂ survival

(%) ♀♀ survival

Insemination rate

(%) of ♀♀ inseminated by G3 ♂♂

(%) of ♀♀ inseminated by β2Ppo1♂♂

1

Bugdorm

25:25:50

53.6

46.4

76.0

73.7

75.0

25.0

2

50.0

50.0

86.0

60.5

69.2

30.8

3

54.1

45.9

82.0

75.6

71.0

29.0

A

Large Rep 1

42:42:84

54.8

65.2

96.7

3.3

B

69.0

75.9

95.5

4.5

C

72.6

76.7

97.8

4.3

D

Large swarm Rep 1

42:42:84

71.4

98.3

93.2

6.8

E

82.1

100.0

85.1

14.9

F

66.7

100.0

92.9

7.1

A

Large swarm Rep 2

42:42:84

59.5

50.0

82.1

97.1

94.0

7.5

B

60.0

40.0

76.2

96.9

95.2

4.8

C

52.4

11.9

63.1

94.3

94.0

6.0

D

Large Rep 2

42:42:84

78.6

50.0

78.6

74.2

81.6

18.4

E

71.4

11.9

77.4

61.5

97.5

2.5

F

61.9

35.7

73.8

83.3

89.8

10.2

Cage

Treatment

# of adults per cage β2Ppo2♂♂:G3♂♂:G3♀♀

(%) G3 ♂♂ survival

(%) β2Ppo2♂♂ survival

(%) ♀♀ survival

Insemination rate

(%) of ♀♀ inseminated by G3 ♂♂

(%) of ♀♀ inseminated by β2Ppo2♂♂

1

Bugdorm

25:25:50

46.9

53.1

88.4

81.6

45.2

54.8

2

52.4

47.6

90.0

86.7

69.2

30.8

3

48.7

51.3

94.0

74.5

54.3

45.7

A

Large

42:42:84

85.7

59.5

72.6

83.6

84.3

15.7

B

59.5

9.5

78.6

75.8

74.0

26.0

C

35.7

40.5

70.2

72.9

65.1

34.9

D

Large swarm

42:42:84

66.6

28.6

76.2

98.4

82.5

17.5

E

47.6

23.8

86.9

97.3

77.5

22.5

F

57.1

14.3

70.2

96.6

82.5

17.5

  1. Cage number, treatment, number of adults introduced in each cage, WT and transgenic male survival, female survival, female insemination rate, and percentage of females inseminated by G3 and β2Ppo males are shown.