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Theoretical population trend with nine sterile males released for each initial fertile wild male per generation with a 5-fold rate of increase (after Knipling [1])
| Generation | Density of fertile males | No. released males/generation | Ratio of sterile to fertile males | Population density |
| 1 | 1,000,000 | 9,000,000 | 9:1 | 500,000 |
| 2 | 500,000 | 9,000,000 | 18:1 | 131,580 |
| 3 | 131,580 | 9,000,000 | 68:1 | 9,535 |
| 4 | 9,535 | 9,000,000 | 944:1 | 50 |
| 5 | 50 | 9,000,000 | 180,000:1 | 0 |
