Table 5 |
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Bi-directional conditioning experiment for short-term olfactory memory to Citronella smell in Anopheles gambiae females |
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Association |
Citronella/Normal blood |
No Citronella/Normal blood |
χ2 |
P-value |
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Blood |
Normal blood† |
Salted blood† |
Normal blood† |
Salted blood† |
- |
- |
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Time (min) |
n |
n |
n |
n |
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2 |
15 |
13 |
9 |
11 |
0.00 |
1.000 |
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4 |
14 |
7.5 |
11 |
6 |
6.98 |
0.008 |
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6 |
14 |
4.5 |
11 |
2.5 |
21.5 |
< 0.001 |
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8 |
8 |
2 |
12 |
6.5 |
9.55 |
0.002 |
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10 |
5.5 |
2 |
7.5 |
1.5 |
11.64 |
< 0.001 |
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†The change in number of females on two blood feeders with contrasting bloodmeal quality (salted and normal blood) used as reinforcing stimuli associated with and without Citronella smell for bi-directional conditioning. The position of each feeder was alternated every 2 min (see methods for details). Significant results are in bold |
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Chilaka et al. Malaria Journal 2012 11:27 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-11-27 |
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