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Metabolic and target-site mechanisms combine to confer strong DDT resistance in Anopheles gambiae.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Mitchell Sara N, Rigden Daniel J, Dowd Andrew J, Lu Fang, Wilding Craig S, Weetman David, Dadzie Samuel, Jenkins Adam M, Regna Kimberly, Boko Pelagie, Djogbenou Luc, Muskavitch Marc A T, Ranson Hilary, Paine Mark J I, Mayans Olga, Donnelly Martin J
Abstract excerpt
The development of resistance to insecticides has become a classic exemplar of evolution occurring within human time scales. In this study we demonstrate how resistance to DDT in the major African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae is a result of both target-site resistance mechanisms that have int...
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