Recombination phenomena between two amplified esterase alleles observed in three Culex pipiens populations.
Author of the article:ZHANG Ke,YE Zhen-Qing,QIAO Chuan-Ling
Author's Workplace:(State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insec ts & Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China)
Key Words:Culex pipiens; ester super-locus; resistance to organophosphate (OP) insecticide; gene amplification; allele recombination
Abstract:Resistance to organophosphate (OP) insecticide in Culex pipiens is caused by over-produced nonspecific esterase. The ester superlocus is one of the m ain genome areas in this resistance, and presents multiple resistance alleles. We study