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Insecticide resistance genes in mosquitoes: their mutations, migration, and selection in field populations.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Pasteur N, Raymond M
Abstract excerpt
Insecticides have been used intensively to control insect populations over the last 50 years and many species of insects have developed resistance to several families of insecticides. These resistances are mainly due to two mechanisms: mutation of the insecticide target protein (leading to a decrease in its affinity for the concerned insecticide family), and increased detoxification. Recent molecular studies...
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