Fig. 3

Fitness parameters of transgenic New World screwworm lines. Transgenic lines raised in diet containing tetracycline were evaluated for biological parameters important for mass rearing in a production facility: a percentage of embryos that develop into pupae, b percentage of first instars that hatch from embryos, c average weight of the pupae, d average number of eggs laid per female, e percentage of adults that emerge from pupae, and f sex ratio of emerged adults. Each experiment was performed three times for each transgenic line. Mean ± standard deviation are shown