Table 5.

Physiological index of ticks in the phenotype rescue experiments.

	Ticks number	the weight after fed (g)	the spawning rate(number)
Untreated	33	1.2500 ± 0.0222	72.73%(24)
ds-NC	32	1.2649 ± 0.0176	68.75%(22)
ds-TAB2	32	1.0232 ± 0.0176	53.12%(17)
ds-TAB2/ant-17	34	1.2111 ± 0.0187	67.64%(23)
ds-NC/ant17	33	1.3125 ± 0.0077	63.63%(21)
Ant-17	33	1.3227 ± 0.0160	66.67%(22)

Each data point is the mean ± SEM of three independent experiments (n = 3). Different letters on the same line indicate significant differences (P < 0.05).