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From: Long-term blood-free rearing of Anopheles mosquitoes with no effect on fitness, Plasmodium infectivity nor microbiota composition

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Fitness experiments on A. stephensi mosquitoes from both colonies. (A) Life expectancy of A. stephensi mosquitoes from both colonies. Longevity of mosquitoes both from the standard Blood colony and the BLOODless diet colony was assessed on F6, F9 and F38 generations. Life span was calculated using the dates of adult emergence and death of 15 males and 15 females from each insectary. Results are expressed as the mean + SD mosquito life span per diet group and generation. (B) Wing length of mosquitoes raised on Blood versus mosquitoes raised on BLOODless diet. The distance from the axial incision to the R4 + 5 vein excluding the fridge seta was used to measure mosquitoes wing length as a fitness indicator. Size was evaluated for females and male mosquitoes from each dietary group on generations F2, F4, F6, F8 and F38. Values are represented as the mean + SD. Red: Blood insectary; Yellow: BLOODless diet insectary.

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