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Table 2 Egg collection increase by in-tube forced oviposition

From: Efficient method for establishing F1 progeny from wild populations of Anopheles mosquitoes

Species

Mean egg number per female

Increase % in egg yield

In-tube forced oviposition

In-cage free oviposition

An. coustani

41.18

9.78

321

An. funestus

52.82

7.58

597

An. mascarensis

41.17

5.19

693

An.arabiensis

27.48

8.23

234

An. squamosus

23.35

3.00

678

  1. The mean egg number takes into account all females put in tubes or in cages from a single field collection as plotted in Fig. 7. Increase % in egg yield was calculated as follows: 100 × (mean number in tube-mean number in cage)/mean number in cage
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Malaria Journal

ISSN: 1475-2875

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