Table 1 |
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Theoretical population trend with nine sterile males released for each initial fertile wild male per generation with a 5-fold rate of increase (after Knipling [1]) |
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Generation |
Density of fertile males |
No. released males/generation |
Ratio of sterile to fertile males |
Population density |
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1 |
1,000,000 |
9,000,000 |
9:1 |
500,000 |
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2 |
500,000 |
9,000,000 |
18:1 |
131,580 |
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3 |
131,580 |
9,000,000 |
68:1 |
9,535 |
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4 |
9,535 |
9,000,000 |
944:1 |
50 |
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5 |
50 |
9,000,000 |
180,000:1 |
0 |
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Dame et al. Malaria Journal 2009 8(Suppl 2):S2 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-S2-S2 |
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