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Table 5 Mortality and abnormality rates in the F 2 generation* 1

From: Ingestion of radioactively contaminated diets for two generations in the pale grass blue butterfly

F2leaves

Okinawa (F2)

Koriyama (F2)

Motomiya (F2)

F1leaves

Okinawa (F1)

MR = 16.5%;

MR = 79.1%;

MR = 89.9%;

AR = 18.8%

AR = 79.7%

AR = 90.5%

(n = 170)

(n = 158)

(n = 158)

Koriyama (F1)

MR = 10.2%;

MR = 78.8%;

Not tested.

AR = 15.6%

AR = 87.9%

 

(n = 128)

(n = 132)

 

Motomiya (F1)

MR = 22.8%;

Not tested.

MR = 99.2%;

AR = 29.9%

 

AR = 99.2%

(n = 224)

 

(n = 358)

  1. *1MR, mortality rate; AR, total abnormality rate; n, number of larvae examined.