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. 2018 Dec 24;11(Suppl 2):657. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-3214-9

Table 5.

Sterility of irradiated Wolbachia-infected male and female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes after being exposed to the irradiation dosages of 50 Gy or 70 Gy

Experiment No. of females (F0) No. of egg-laid females (F0) Total no. of eggs Eggs/female No. of hatched eggs Egg hatch rate
Radiation dosage
50 Gy
 ♂ ir-w x × ♀ nr-w 27 23 1,021 44.39 80 0.08
 ♂ nr-w × ♀ ir-w 27 0 0 0 0 0
70 Gy
 ♂ ir-w × ♀ nr-w 18 10 404 40.40 0 0
 ♂ nr-w × ♀ ir-w 27 0 0 0 0 0