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Insecticide resistance in the mosquito culex pipiens: what have we learned about adaptation?
Genetica - 1 Jan 2001
Raymond M, Berticat C, Weill M, Pasteur N, Chevillon C
Abstract excerpt
Resistance to organophosphate (OP) insecticide in the mosquito Culex pipiens has been studied for ca. 30 years. This example of micro-evolution has been thoroughly investigated as an opportunity to assess precisely both the new adapted phenotypes and the associated genetic changes. A notable feature is that OP resistance is achieved with few genes, and these genes have generally large effects. The molecular...
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