. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 4.

Published in final edited form as: J Hered. 2008 Mar 11;99(3):275–282. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esn004

Table 2.

Comparison of larval-to-adult development time, female lifetime fecundity, and mean reproductive longevity among homozygous transgenic and nontransgenic Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes

Mosquito line	Larval-to-adult development time in days (female)	Larval-to-adult development time in days (male)	Lifetime fecundity per female^*	Mean reproductive longevity^**
Nontransgenic	10.7 ± 0.5 (n = 90)^a	10.4 ± 0.5 (n = 119)^a	190.9 ± 15.4^a	17.2 ± 1.4^a
Transgenic VD9	11.0 ± 0.2 (n = 101)^b	10.9 ± 0.3 (n = 112)^b	183.1 ± 17.1^a	16.3 ± 1.4^b
Transgenic VD35	11.1 ± 0.3 (n = 78)^b	10.8 ± 0.4 (n = 88)^b	104.0 ± 7.8^b	12.0 ± 1.9^c
Transgenic VD26	11.0 ± 0.3 (n = 93)^b	10.8 ± 0.4 (n = 103)^b	114.9 ± 10.6^c	11.4 ± 2.0^c

Values are means ± standard deviation (SD). Letters following the numerical values in a column indicate the results of multiple comparison tests; the values with the same letter were not statistically significant.

Lifetime fecundity is the number of eggs laid per female during her entire reproductive life. Number of females assayed was 40.

^**

Mean reproductive longevity is the average number of days elapsed between the first and the last batch of eggs laid. Number of females assayed was 40.