. 2009 Aug 14;2:38. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-2-38

Table 1.

The effect of irradiation on egg hatch and fecundity of A. polynesiensis.

Sex irradiated	Treatment dose (Gy)	n	Percent egg hatch ± SE	Egg number ± SE
Early pupae
Females	0	4	77.9 ± 1.8^a	53.1 ± 13.5^a
	20	2	52.2 ± 15.0^ab	17.6 ± 5^b
	30	2	41.7 ± 1.0^b	5.2 ± 2.9^b
	40	2	0 ± 0^c	0.06 ± 0.02^b
Late pupae
Females	0	4	82.6 ± 2.9^a	44.7 ± 14.2^a
	20	2	61.1 ± 6.0^ab	32.9 ± 22.4^a
	30	2	49.8 ± 10.2^b	7.1 ± 3.9^a
	40	2	9.1 ± 2.0^c	1.4 ± 0.3^a
Late pupae
Males	0	3	64.7 ± 1.9^a	28.2 ± 6.9^a
	40	3	15.5 ± 2.6^b	18.7 ± 4.5^a

Within column mean values followed by different superscripted letters are statistically different (P < 0.017) using multiple comparison tests within each treatment group. n is the number of caged populations, which are the replicates of the experiment not the individuals in the cages.