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Table 2
Reproductive status of Glossina palpalis gambiensis females that mated with males exposed as pupae to fractionated (10 + 100 Gy and 50 + 60 Gy) and single (110 Gy) doses, separated by 1-, 2- and 3-day intervals (D1, D2, D3), dissected after an experimental period of 60 days.
| Irradiation treatments (Gy, days) | No. of live females at day 60 | Insemination rate (%) | Spermathecae fill score |
Uterus content or status at day 60 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of recently ovulated eggs | Viable instar larvae |
Empty due to |
Blockage | |||||||||||
| 0 | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.75 | 1 | I | II | III | Larviposition | Abortion | |||||
| 0 | 95 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 64 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 5 | 0 |
| 10(D0) + 100(D1) | 96 | 99.3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 57 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 0 |
| 10(D0) + 100(D2) | 110 | 96.5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 56 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 95 | 1 |
| 10(D0) + 100(D3) | 100 | 90.9 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 48 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 1 |
| 50(D0) + 60(D1) | 116 | 96.7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 63 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 0 |
| 50(D0) + 60(D2) | 115 | 97.2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 71 | 23 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 1 |
| 50(D + 60(D3) | 110 | 98.9 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 69 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 4 |
| 110(D0) | 121 | 96.7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 59 | 37 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 0 |
| 110(D1) | 113 | 96.2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 62 | 34 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 0 |
| 110(D2) | 126 | 97.5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 56 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 112 | 0 |
| 110(D3) | 111 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 63 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 93 | 0 |
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