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Table 4 The ten parameters of the laboratory life cycle of A. gambiae.

From: Rodent malaria-resistant strains of the mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, have slower population growth than -susceptible strains

Abbreviation

Life cycle parameter definition

Contributes to matrix entries (pij)

F

number of eggs produced per female

p16

p.lay

proportion of eggs that were laid

p16

p.fem

proportion of eggs that were female

p16

p.hatch

proportion of eggs that hatched

p11 and p21

p.pupate

proportion of larvae that reached the pupa stage

p22 and p32

p.emerge

proportion of pupae that emerged as adults

p33 and p43

p.mate

proportion of virgin females that were mated

p44 and p54

p.blood

proportion of mated females that blood fed

p55 and p65

p.surv.blood

proportion of mated, blood-fed females that survived digesting the blood meal

p55 and p65

p.surv.ovip

proportion of females that survived oviposition

p66, p56 and p16

  1. The parameter abbreviations were taken from the life cycle in Figure 4. Also shown are the 13 matrix entries (pij) to which each of the 10 life cycle parameters contribute.