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Two novel house fly Vssc mutations, D600N and T929I, give rise to new insecticide resistance alleles.
Pesticide biochemistry and physiology - 1 Nov 2017
Sun Haina, Kasai Shinji, Scott Jeffrey G
Abstract excerpt
The house fly, Musca domestica, is a serious pest because it transmits a large diversity of human and veterinary diseases. Insecticides, particularly pyrethroids, are commonly used to control house flies. However, the evolution of pyrethroid resistance has reduced the effectiveness of these insecticides. A major mechanism of resistance to pyrethroids is target site insensitivity caused by the mutations in the...
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