Recent rapid rise of a permethrin knock down resistance allele in Aedes aegypti in México.

Pyrethroid insecticides prolong the opening of voltage-dependent sodium channels in insect nerves to produce instant paralysis and “knock-down.” Many insects have evolved knock-down resistance through nonsynonymous mutations that reduce pyrethroid binding in the channels. In 2006 we discovered one s...

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Main Authors:	Ponce García, Gustavo, Flores Suárez, Adriana Elizabeth, Fernández Salas, Ildefonso, Saavedra Rodríguez, Karla Lizet, Reyes Solis, Guadalupe del Carmen, Lozano Fuentes, Saúl, Bond Compeán, Juan Guillermo, Casas Martínez, Mauricio, Ramsey, Janine M., García Rejón, Julián Everardo, Domínguez Galera, Marco Antonio, Ranson, Hilary, Hemingway, Janet, Elsen, Lars, Black, William C.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science 2009
Subjects:	QH Historia Natural, Biología
Online Access:	http://eprints.uanl.mx/2003/1/Recent_rapid_rise_of_a_permethrin_knock_down_resistance_allele_in_Aedes_aegypti_in_Mexico.pdf