Background
Methods
Mosquito rearing and maintenance
Measurement of fitness components
(i) Fecundity
(ii) Wing length
(iii) Blood-meal size
(iv) Larval and adult survivorship
Data analysis
Results
Fecundity
Trait | Replicate | Mbita | Ifakara | F1 | F5 | F10 | F15 | F20 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wing length (mm) | 1 | 2.92 (0.02) | 2.96 (0.02) | 3.10 (0.02) | 3.09 (0.03) | 3.11(0.02) | 3.14(0.03) | 3.03(0.16) |
2 | 2.87 (0.03) | 2.89 (0.03) | 3.17 (0.03) | 3.34 (0.03) | 2.98(0.02) | 3.07(0.03) | 2.95(0.02) | |
Fecundity* | 1 | 47.17(2.66) | 58.25(2.29) | 63.37(2.28) | 64.58(2.18) | 70.26(2.05) | 65.08(2.02) | 68.90 (1.83) |
2 | 35.96(2.56) | 49.28(2.67) | 62.60(2.95) | 65.42(2.32) | 76.97(2.80) | 63.60(2.23) | 61.44(2.38) | |
Blood-meal size (μl) | 1 | 3.15(0.14) | 2.54(0.08) | 3.96(0.26) | 2.78(0.15) | 2.53(0.23) | 3.10(0.15) | 3.13(0.16) |
2 | 2.93 (0.18) | 2.61 (0.11) | 4.51 (0.21) | 4.02 (0.16) | 2.97 (0.20) | 3.19 (0.17) | 3.21 (0.13) | |
Larval survivorship (%) | 1 | 91.78 | 94.44 | 98.00 | 95.22 | 97.00 | 95.78 | 95.88 |
2 | 96.44 | 92.54 | 98.34 | 93.34 | 96.66 | 93.44 | 95.78 | |
Mean adult longevity (days) | 1 | 22.31 | 14.52 | 20.03 | 29.00 | 31.81 | 20.71 | 16.95 |
2 | 19.61 | 15.66 | 19.97 | 21.66 | 33.72 | 16.38 | 18.64 |
Wing length
Blood-meal size
Larval survivorship and adult longevity
Reciprocal crosses
Strain/Population | Wing length in mm (standard error) | Fecundity* (standard error) | Blood-meal size (μl) (standard error) |
---|---|---|---|
Mbita | 2.86 (0.03) | 35.97 (2.56) | 3.15 (0.14) |
Ifakara | 2.89 (0.03) | 49.27 (2.67) | 2.54 (0.08) |
F1 from Mbita female × Ifakara male | 3.13 (0.03) | 74.87 (2.63) | 4.04 (0.16) |
F1 from Ifakara female × Mbita male | 3.03 (0.02) | 83.20 (5.36) | 4.51 (0.21) |
F5 from Mbita female × Ifakara male | 2.94 (0.02) | 68.93 (2.61) | 4.02 (0.16) |
F5 from Ifakara female × Mbita male | 3.14 (0.02) | 68.77 2.69) | 3.38 (0.18) |