Figure 2. The effect of bottlenecks on a population of marked mixed VEEV clones during infection of C. taeniopus with two different starting titers.

The mean number of clones present at various time points and in various tissues (midgut, body, legs/wings, saliva) from C. taeniopus mosquitoes sampled following oral infection. (A) Mosquitoes infected with a high titer bloodmeal 5.7 log₁₀ pfu/ml (n = 4). (B) Mosquitoes exposed to a low titer bloodmeal 4.9 log₁₀ pfu/ml (n = 9).