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Identification of resistant carboxylesterase alleles in Culex pipiens complex via PCR-RFLP.
Parasites & vectors - 24 Sept 2012
Zhang Hanying, Meng Fengxia, Qiao Chuanling, Cui Feng
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Carboxylesterase overproduction is a frequently observed resistance mechanism of insects to organophosphate insecticides. As a major transmitter of human diseases, mosquitoes in the Culex pipiens complex have evolved 13 carboxylesterase alleles (Ester) that confer organophosphate resistance. Six alleles, Ester(B1), Ester², Ester⁸, Ester⁹, Ester(B10), and Ester¹¹, have been observed in field...
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