The results also show a highly significant reduction in fertility (percentage of egg hatch) throughout all dose levels when irradiated females were allowed to mate with irradiated males; the percentage of egg hatchability was 63.5, 22.1 and 0% at doses of 50, 100 and 150 Gy respectively, compared to 90.4% in the control.
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The lethal and sterile doses of gamma radiation on the museums pest, varied carpet beetle, Anthrenus verbasci (Coleoptera: Dermestidae).
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