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Widespread resistance to anticoagulant rodenticides in Mus musculus domesticus in the city of Barcelona.
The Science of the total environment - 1 Nov 2022
Ruiz-López María José, Barahona Laura, Martínez-de la Puente Josué, Pepió Marta, Valsecchi Andrea, Peracho Victor, Figuerola Jordi, Montalvo Tomas
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Control of rodent populations is a big challenge because of the rapid evolution of resistance to commonly used rodenticides and the collateral negative impacts that these products may have on biodiversity. Second-generation anticoagulants are very efficient but different single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the Vkorc1 gene may confer resistance in rodents. We sequenced exons 1, 2 and 3 of the Vkorc1 gene...
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