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Molecular basis of resistance to organophosphate insecticides in the New World screw-worm fly.
Parasites & vectors - 10 Nov 2020
Tandonnet Sophie, Cardoso Gisele Antoniazzi, Mariano-Martins Pedro, Monfardini Raquel Dietsche, Cunha Vanessa A S, de Carvalho Renato Assis, Torres Tatiana Teixeira
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BACKGROUND: The emergence of insecticide resistance is a fast-paced example of the evolutionary process of natural selection. In this study, we investigated the molecular basis of resistance in the myiasis-causing fly Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae) to dimethyl-organophosphate (OP) insecticides. METHODS: By sequencing the RNA from surviving larvae treated with dimethyl-OP (resistant condition)...
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