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Evolution of resistance genes in absence of insecticide selection in a hypogeous population of Culex pipiens from the French Alps.

Year: 1993

Type: article

Abstract: A monthly survey of resistance gene frequencies was conducted in a larval population of Culex pipiens breeding in an hypogeous site ("molestus" form) between July 1989 and September 1991, after interrupting mosquito control. Several significant variations in resistance gene frequency were observed. Some variations are explained by fitness differences between resistant and susceptible insects, others by an immigration of insects from the surrounding epigeous populations ("pipiens" form), which are highly resistant.

Source: PubMed

Authors: Y Rivet, N Pasteur

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, Université Montpellier 2

Language: English

Topic: Insect Resistance and Genetics

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2406008001

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