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Table 1 Sex ratio and hatch ratio of insect lines reared under laboratory conditions, uninfected and infected with Wolbachia wExe1 strain

From: Male-killing Wolbachia and mitochondrial selective sweep in a migratory African insect

Generation

Infected

Uninfected

Tetracycline-treated

 

Females (n)

Males (n)

Ratio

Egg hatch (%)

Female (n)

Male (n)

Ratio

Egg hatch (%)

Female (n)

Male (n)

Ratio

Egg hatch (%)

1

2

0

1.00

47.97

21

17

0.55

96.72

-

-

-

-

2

303

0

1.00

48.65

433

416

0.51

94.71

30

24

0.56

100

3

378

0

1.00

49.26

216

187

0.54

91.39

170

155

0.52

92.11

4

426

3

0.98

47.51

151

139

0.52

94.74

180

170

0.51

92.84