| Age in days at the beginning of egg-laying | 21 | 115 |
| Total offspring/7days | 40.1 ± 2.0a | 12.8 ± 2.0b |
| Sex ratio | 0.61 ± 0.02c | 0.65 ± 0.02c |
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| Table 2. Total offspring (males and females) and sex ratio in Dinarmus basalis females during 7 days of egg-laying after 21 and 115 days without hosts (± SE). Results with same letters are not statistically different (one-way ANOVA, p<0.05 for total offspring; chi2 test, p<0.05 for sex ratio). | |||||||||
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