Table 1.
Summary of competitive mating experiments employing males of β2Ppo1 line (above) and males of β2Ppo2 line (below)
| Cage | Treatment | # of adults per cage β2Ppo1♂♂:G3♂♂:G3♀♀ | (%) G3 ♂♂ survival | (%) β2Ppo1♂♂ survival | (%) ♀♀ survival | Insemination rate | (%) of ♀♀ inseminated by G3 ♂♂ | (%) of ♀♀ inseminated by β2Ppo1♂♂ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bugdorm | 25:25:50 | 53.6 | 46.4 | 76.0 | 73.7 | 75.0 | 25.0 |
| 2 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 86.0 | 60.5 | 69.2 | 30.8 | ||
| 3 | 54.1 | 45.9 | 82.0 | 75.6 | 71.0 | 29.0 | ||
| A | Large Rep 1 | 42:42:84 | – | – | 54.8 | 65.2 | 96.7 | 3.3 |
| B | – | – | 69.0 | 75.9 | 95.5 | 4.5 | ||
| C | – | – | 72.6 | 76.7 | 97.8 | 4.3 | ||
| D | Large swarm Rep 1 | 42:42:84 | – | – | 71.4 | 98.3 | 93.2 | 6.8 |
| E | – | – | 82.1 | 100.0 | 85.1 | 14.9 | ||
| F | – | – | 66.7 | 100.0 | 92.9 | 7.1 | ||
| A | Large swarm Rep 2 | 42:42:84 | 59.5 | 50.0 | 82.1 | 97.1 | 94.0 | 7.5 |
| B | 60.0 | 40.0 | 76.2 | 96.9 | 95.2 | 4.8 | ||
| C | 52.4 | 11.9 | 63.1 | 94.3 | 94.0 | 6.0 | ||
| D | Large Rep 2 | 42:42:84 | 78.6 | 50.0 | 78.6 | 74.2 | 81.6 | 18.4 |
| E | 71.4 | 11.9 | 77.4 | 61.5 | 97.5 | 2.5 | ||
| F | 61.9 | 35.7 | 73.8 | 83.3 | 89.8 | 10.2 |
| Cage | Treatment | # of adults per cage β2Ppo2♂♂:G3♂♂:G3♀♀ | (%) G3 ♂♂ survival | (%) β2Ppo2♂♂ survival | (%) ♀♀ survival | Insemination rate | (%) of ♀♀ inseminated by G3 ♂♂ | (%) of ♀♀ inseminated by β2Ppo2♂♂ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bugdorm | 25:25:50 | 46.9 | 53.1 | 88.4 | 81.6 | 45.2 | 54.8 |
| 2 | 52.4 | 47.6 | 90.0 | 86.7 | 69.2 | 30.8 | ||
| 3 | 48.7 | 51.3 | 94.0 | 74.5 | 54.3 | 45.7 | ||
| A | Large | 42:42:84 | 85.7 | 59.5 | 72.6 | 83.6 | 84.3 | 15.7 |
| B | 59.5 | 9.5 | 78.6 | 75.8 | 74.0 | 26.0 | ||
| C | 35.7 | 40.5 | 70.2 | 72.9 | 65.1 | 34.9 | ||
| D | Large swarm | 42:42:84 | 66.6 | 28.6 | 76.2 | 98.4 | 82.5 | 17.5 |
| E | 47.6 | 23.8 | 86.9 | 97.3 | 77.5 | 22.5 | ||
| F | 57.1 | 14.3 | 70.2 | 96.6 | 82.5 | 17.5 |
Cage number, treatment, number of adults introduced in each cage, WT and transgenic male survival, female survival, female insemination rate, and percentage of females inseminated by G3 and β2Ppo males are shown.