Table 1. Cross-mating between irradiated Wolbachia-infected males and non-radiated wild type females of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, in order to evaluate sterility of each radiation lot as a quality control.
Lot no. |
Mating Pairs |
Mean no. eggs |
Mean no. egg/female | Mean no. hatched eggs |
Mean egg hatch rate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 40 | 1,208.21 | 30.21 | 1 | 0.08 |
2 | 40 | 1,908.57 | 47.71 | 1 | 0.06 |
3 | 40 | 1,771.43 | 44.29 | 2 | 0.13 |
4 | 40 | 757.65 | 18.94 | 0 | 0.00 |
5 | 40 | 1,594.44 | 39.86 | 0 | 0.00 |
6 | 40 | 921.11 | 23.03 | 0 | 0.00 |
7 | 40 | 1,388.89 | 34.72 | 4 | 0.32 |
8 | 40 | 1,065.00 | 26.63 | 0 | 0.00 |
9 | 40 | 1,029.09 | 25.73 | 2 | 0.35 |
10 | 40 | 1,000.00 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
11 | 40 | 856.00 | 21.40 | 0 | 0.00 |
12 | 40 | 1,134.55 | 28.36 | 0 | 0.00 |
13 | 40 | 1,040.00 | 26.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
14 | 40 | 980.00 | 24.50 | 0 | 0.00 |
15 | 40 | 1,192.00 | 29.80 | 0 | 0.00 |
16 | 40 | 1,626.00 | 40.65 | 2 | 0.25 |
17 | 40 | 2,512.00 | 62.80 | 0 | 0.00 |
18 | 40 | 1,869.57 | 46.74 | 10 | 0.93 |
19 | 40 | 1,200.00 | 30.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
20 | 40 | 1,600.00 | 40.00 | 1 | 0.15 |
21 | 40 | 1,926.67 | 48.17 | 0 | 0.00 |
22 | 40 | 942.22 | 23.56 | 0 | 0.00 |
23 | 40 | 1,182.86 | 29.57 | 2 | 0.97 |
24 | 40 | 1,480.00 | 37.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
24 | 40 | 1,341.13 | 33.53 | 1.04 | 0.14 |