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HIGH WOLBACHIA DENSITY CORRELATES WITH COST OF INFECTION FOR INSECTICIDE RESISTANT CULEX PIPIENS MOSQUITOES
1 Jan 2006
Abstract excerpt
In the mosquito Culex pipiens, insecticide resistance genes alter many life-history traits and incur a fitness cost. Resistance to organophosphate insecticides involves two loci, with each locus coding for a different mechanism of resistance (degradation vs. insensitivity to insecticides). The density of intracellular Wolbachia bacteria has been found to be higher in resistant mosquitoes, regardless of the...
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