Does extreme asymmetric dominance promote hybridization between Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles gambiae s.s. in seasonal malaria mosquito communities of West Africa?

Table 1 Incomplete assortative mating between An. coluzzii and An. gambiae s.s. in mating swarms collected in the villages of VK7, Soumousso and Bana in Western Burkina Faso

	Swarms		Unpaired males		Unpaired females		Intraspecific pairs^a		Interspecific pairs^a
Location	Swarms	Species^b	coluzzii	gambiae	coluzzii	gambiae	coluzzii	gambiae	coluzzii	gambiae
VK7	41	An. coluzzii	2028	0	29	0	97	0	0	3
VK7	0	An. gambiae	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
VK7	3	mixed	256	5	2	0	36	0	1	1
Soumousso	1	An. coluzzii	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Soumousso	27	An. gambiae	0	1014	0	2	0	49	0	0
Soumousso	0	mixed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bana	18	An. coluzzii	120	0	0	0	-	-	-	-
Bana	19	An. gambiae	0	232	0	0	-	-	-	-
Bana	0	mixed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All populations	60	An. coluzzii	2180	0	29	0	97	0	0	3
All populations	46	An. gambiae	-	1246	0	2	0	49	0	0
All populations	3	mixed	256	5	2	0	36	0	1	1
Grand Total	109		2436	1251	33	0	133	49	1	4

^aThe species of females caught in intraspecific or interspecific mating pairs (in copula) is indicated
^bSwarms are described in terms of their male species composition

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