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. 2014 Jan 7;9(1):e84865. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084865

Figure 7. Injection of carbidopa caused reduced egg viability and melanization in A. gambiae.

Figure 7

A) The mean proportion ±SEM of PBS (control) and carbidopa injected females that oviposited (Likelihood of oviposition: Fisher’s exact test, *p<0.05). B) Mean number ± SEM of eggs per ovipositing female injected with either PBS or carbidopa. (t-test, p>0.05). C) Mean ± SEM hatching rate of PBS and carbidopa injected females (t-test of arc-sine transformed proportion, ***p<0.001). Data were combined from 4 independent experiments. D) In response to carbidopa injection we observed a large proportion of light and unmelanized eggs. Displayed are the mean ± SEM melanization rate of eggs laid by PBS or carbidopa injected females from 2 independent experiments (t-test of arc-sine square root transformed proportion, ***p<0.001).