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Table 2 Genetic variability comparisons between the field and colony populations

From: Laboratory rearing of Anopheles arabiensis: impact on genetic variability and implications for Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) based mosquito control in northern Sudan

Locus

Tot. Na

Field

Colony

N (Na)

AE (PA)

Heterozygotes

FIS

P value

(HWE)

N (Na)

AE (PA)

Heterozygotes

FIS

P value

(HWE)

Obs.

Exp.

Obs.

Exp.

Ag2H1010

9

57 (9)

5.60 (5)

27

46.82

0.4255

0.0000

51 (4)

1.62 (0)

22

19.51

−0.1288

0.7020

Ag2H175

6

57 (6)

2.78 (2)

32

36.53

0.1252

0.0260

50 (4)

2.13 (0)

30

26.53

−0.1321

0.6718

Ag2H26

5

44 (5)

3.63 (1)

36

31.87

−0.1312

0.6019

50 (4)

2.10 (0)

30

26.15

−0.1489

0.7849

Ag2H46

9

45 (8)

4.42 (4)

17

34.83

0.5148

0.0000

49 (5)

1.37 (1)

14

13.23

−0.0583

0.3975

Ag2H143

7

53 (6)

2.88 (3)

37

34.59

−0.0704

0.2976

51 (4)

2.14 (1)

24

27.19

0.1186

0.0349

Ag3H249

11

58 (10)

6.48 (6)

41

49.05

0.1654

0.0201

46 (5)

2.03 (1)

19

23.29

0.1861

0.0194

Ag3H88

7

41 (7)

4.16 (2)

14

31.14

0.5536

0.0000

41 (5)

4.66 (0)

32

32.20

0.0066

0.0880

33C1

6

52 (6)

3.05 (2)

36

34.47

−0.0450

0.2890

51 (3)

2.65 (0)

40

31.77

−0.2622

0.0274

Ag3H93

4

46 (4)

2.71 (0)

27

29.04

0.0870

0.8145

46 (4)

2.57 (0)

28

28.08

0.0032

0.9470

AgXH7

8

52 (7)

3.10 (5)

19

35.23

0.4632

0.0000

44 (3)

1.70 (1)

6

18.16

0.6720

0.0000

AgX180

12

52 (12)

8.92 (6)

21

46.17

0.5476

0.0000

51 (6)

3.08 (0)

18

34.42

0.4795

0.0000

Mean

7.64

50.64 (7.27)

4.34 (3.27)

–

–

–

–

(4.27)

2.37 (0.36)

–

–

–

–

  1. P < 0.01 considered as statistically significant and shown in italics
  2. Tot total, N a number of alleles, N sample size, the number of mosquitoes successfully genotyped at each locus, A E effective number of alleles, P A number of private alleles, Obs observed number of heterozygotes, Exp expected number of heterozygotes, F IS inbreeding coefficient, HWE Hardy–Weinberg Equilibrium