Figure 5From: Rodent malaria-resistant strains of the mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, have slower population growth than -susceptible strainsThe characteristic equation of the life cycle of A. gambiae. The life cycle graph is reduced in five consecutive steps. In panel 5, the equation is set to 1 and λ20 - p5 *p6 *p7 * λ14 - p1 *p2 *p3 *p4 *p5 *p6 *p7 *p8 *p9 *e = 0 is the characteristic equation that can be solved for λ. The ten life cycle parameters are p.hatch (p1), p.pupate (p2), p.emerge (p3), p.mate (p4), p.blood (p5), p.surv.blood (p6), p.surv.ovip (p7), p.lay (p8), p.fem (p9), and eggs.tot (e).Back to article page