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Table 2.

The osmolarities of assay solution components

Assay solution components	Osmolarity (mmol kg^-1)
Assay solution components		Experiment 1	Experiment 2
Assay medium	312.0±3.6	320.5±3.7
67% assay medium + 33% Matrigel	288.5±10.7	310.5±4.9
Matrigel	230.0±5.4	262.8±9.3
Salivary gland homogenate^{^a}	297.0±7.9^{^b}	311.0±6.1^{^c}
Sporozoites + fluorescent beads^{^a}	292.8±6.6^{^b}	313.5±11.4^{^c}

Assay solution components	Osmolarity (mmol kg^-1)
Assay solution components		Experiment 1	Experiment 2
Assay medium	312.0±3.6	320.5±3.7
67% assay medium + 33% Matrigel	288.5±10.7	310.5±4.9
Matrigel	230.0±5.4	262.8±9.3
Salivary gland homogenate^{^a}	297.0±7.9^{^b}	311.0±6.1^{^c}
Sporozoites + fluorescent beads^{^a}	292.8±6.6^{^b}	313.5±11.4^{^c}

Each osmolarity value was measured four times and is presented as the mean± s.d.

Suspended with 67% assay medium +33% Matrigel.

No significant difference on the basis of a two sample t-test(^bP=0.44, ^cP=0.71).