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Rapid population expansion drives the widespread spread of a dominant anticoagulant-resistance Vkorc1 allele in Asian house rats (Rattus tanezumi) across China.
Pest management science - 1 Apr 2026
Sun Ting, Chen Yan, Li Ning, Liu Xiao-Hui, Wang Dawei, Jing Meidong, Yang Xingen, Song Ying
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BACKGROUND: Anticoagulant rodenticide (AR) resistance in the Asian house rat (Rattus tanezumi) poses significant challenges to rodent control in China, reducing efficacy of ARs and increasing environmental contamination risks to nontarget species. Although Vkorc1 mutations confer resistance in rodents, their prevalence and evolutionary origins have remained unclear in most R. tanezumi populations in China....
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