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Table 1 Summary statistics for Cx. pipiens fitness following feeding on a bloodmeal with (resistant, susceptible) or without (unexposed) WNV

From: The costs of infection and resistance as determinants of West Nile virus susceptibility in Culex mosquitoes

  replicate 1 replicate 2
  Resist. Suscept. Unexp. Resist. Suscept. Unexp.
N 6 36 22 7 32 14
Wing (mm) 3.67 3.73 3.69 3.70 3.72 3.67
AST1(d) 16.8 26.5 20.9 19.7 38.2 34.2
MST2(d) 13.5 25.5 21.0 14.0 39.5 36.0
MaxST3(d) 35.0 59.0 45.0 41.0 68.0 57.0
Rafts/fem4 0.46 1.39 1.32 0.86 1.25 1.29
Eggs/raft 174.0 162.1 151.7 152.2 144.5 140.1
R05 37.1 94.6 79.1 65.2 87.1 88.2
T6 14.2 15.0 16.8 13.4 21.2 23.6
r7 0.25 0.30 0.26 0.31 0.21 0.19
  1. 1 average survival time
  2. 2 median survival time
  3. 3 maximum survival
  4. 4 mean total egg rafts produced per female
  5. 5 net reproduction rate
  6. 6 mean generation time
  7. 7 population growth rate
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BMC Ecology

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