. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 21.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Trop Insect Sci. 2006 Dec;26(4):214–226. doi: 10.1017/S1742758406658955

Table 1.

Percentage distribution of patterns of common protein spots between non-exposed control and heavy metal exposed third instar An. gambiae selection in various generations

	Generation 1			Generation 3			Generation 5
	cadmium	copper	lead	cadmium	copper	lead	cadmium	copper	lead
Spots observed (n)	162	131	193	210	154	187	44	163	216
Up-regulated	27.16	22.14	29.53	24.76	43.51	34.22	61.36	31.29	32.41
Unchanged	44.44	48.85	48.19	48.10	37.66	34.22	20.45	54.60	48.15
Down-regulated	28.40	29.01	22.28	27.14	18.83	31.55	18.18	14.11	19.44