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Deep sequencing of New World screw-worm transcripts to discover genes involved in insecticide resistance.
BMC genomics - 8 Dec 2010
Carvalho Renato A, Azeredo-Espin Ana Maria L, Torres Tatiana T
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BACKGROUND: The New World screw-worm (NWS), Cochliomyia hominivorax, is one of the most important myiasis-causing flies, causing severe losses to the livestock industry. In its current geographical distribution, this species has been controlled by the application of insecticides, mainly organophosphate (OP) compounds, but a number of lineages have been identified that are resistant to such chemicals. Despite its...
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