Table 4.
Survival from egg to different developmental stages and sex ratio (number of males by female produced) (Mean ± SE)
| Strain | Larva neonatea (%) | Pupa (%) |
Adult (%) |
Males/females |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WT | 88.50 ± 0.66a | 84.58 ± 0.65a | 82.83 ± 0.60a | 1.05 ± 0.03a |
| bp | 86.30 ± 0.89a | 84.40 ± 1.00a | 80.70 ± 1.75a | 0.98 ± 0.04a |
| sl | 84.91 ± 1.11a | 83.33 ± 0.97a | 80.66 ± 1.02a | 0.99 ± 0.02a |
| bp sl | 78.50 ± 0.89b | 70.50 ± 0.75b | 68.58 ± 1.75b | 1.03 ± 0.02a |
| Tap-7 GSS [T(Y;2bp+)-7] | 66.25 ± 1.2c | 40.58 ± 1.74c | 37.25 ± 1.66c | 1.21 ± 0.05a |
| Slow-7 GSS [T(Y;2sl+)-7] | 65.75 ± 1.57c | 39.66 ± 1.72c | 36.41 ± 1.69c | 1.86 ± 0.12b |
| Tap/slow-7 GSS [T(Y;2bp+sl+)-7] | 56.16 ± 1.29d | 33.41 ± 1.36d | 28.66 ± 1.48d | 2.13 ± 0.14c |
aEgg hatch; for each column, lower case letters represent significant differences between strains (P < 0.05).