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Table 1 Relative odds (OR) and means of insemination, sex ratio, pupation and adult emergence for different strains of Anopheles funestus, number in brackets are 95% confidence intervals with their respective p-values

From: Fitness characteristics of the malaria vector Anopheles funestus during an attempted laboratory colonization

Variable

Strain

Mean ± 2SE

OR [95% CI]

P-value

%Insemination

Wild-FUTAZ

91.5 ± 1.30

1

 

F1-FUTAZ

9.2 ± 4.99

0.009 [0.004, 0.020]

 < 0.001

FUMOZ

72.0 ± 5.16

0.24 [0.13, 0.42]

 < 0.001

%Sex ratio (F/M)

F1-FUTAZ

53 ± 4.0

1

 = 0.049

FUMOZ

50 ± 2.9

0.86 [0.74, 0.99]

%Larval survival

F1-FUTAZ

5.3 ± 3.5

1

 < 0.001

FUMOZ

27.4 ± 12.5

12.05 [4.27, 34.03]

%Adult emergence

F1-FUTAZ

88.8 ± 7.35

1

 = 0.174

FUMOZ

81.6 ± 8.90

0.66 [0.36, 1.20]