Table 1.
Numbers and % of irradiated and wild Anopheles arabiensis recaptured and mated during mating competitiveness experiments conducted in a semi-field system.
| Replicate | Recapture rate of mosquitoes | Insemination rate of ♀ by | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ♀wild | ♂wild | ♂irradiated | irradiated ♂ | wild ♂ | ||
| 1 | 68.0 | 80.7 | 90.0 | 42.5 | 57.5 | 58.8 |
| (102/150)* | (121/150) | (135/150) | (17/40) ** | (23/40) | (40/68) *** | |
| 2 | 72.0 | 92.0 | 85.0 | 37.9 | 62.1 | 43.9 |
| (72/100) | (92/100) | (85/100) | (11/29) | (18/29) | (29/66) | |
| 3 | 76.0 | 96.0 | 93.3 | 53.7 | 56.3 | 62.7 |
| (57/75) | (72/75) | (70/75) | (14/32) | (18/32) | (32/51) | |
| Total | 66.5 | 87.7 | 89.2 | 41.9 | 58.1 | 54.6 |
| (216/325) | (285/325) | (290/325) | (42/101) | (59/101) | (101/185) | |
| P value | 0.043 | |||||
* % (recaptured / released)
** % (♀ inseminated by each male type / total ♀ inseminated)
*** % (Total ♀ inseminated / total ♀ dissected)