Table 3 Proportion of developed embryos (second and third class) in incompatible crosses between infected and uninfected (TC) strains in function of male ageing

From: Influence of aging on cytoplasmic incompatibility, sperm modification and Wolbachia density in Culex pipiens mosquitoes

Cross

Proportion of developed embryos

  

2-day-old

30-day-old

♀ Slab

♂ Tunis

0.241±0.110 (1637; 15)

0.294±0.212 (1155; 8)

♀ Slab

♂ MaClo

0.474±0.156 (1761; 16)

0.540±0.184 (2402; 18)

♀ Slab

♂ LaVar

0.344±0.187 (1266; 11)

0.300±0.221 (886; 7)

♀ SlabTC

♂ Tunis

0.000±0.000 (2701; 10)

0.000±0.000 (1603; 12)

♀ SlabTC

♂ MaClo

0.000±0.000 (1263; 10)

0.000±0.000 (1211; 9)

♀ SlabTC

♂ LaVar

0.000±0.000 (1310; 11)

0.000±0.000 (347; 3)

  1. Two-day-old females have been used. Number of eggs and egg-rafts counted are in parenthesis.
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