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Wild females that mate with sterile males do not produce offspring, thus preventing population growth. Recent studies have confirmed that mating females with males irradiated at 64 Gy and 100 Gy results in 90% and 100% sterility of the eggs laid, respectively. The successful application of the SIT requires that the reared sterilized males can successfully compete and mate with their wild counterparts and be competent in their ability to communicate with females, as receivers and/or senders of signals. As a component of the mating behavior, a similar type of signal also occurs . . .
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