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A genetic analysis of resistance to knockdown by permethrin and bioresmethrin in adults of the homozygous resistant strain of Aedes aegypti, BKPM3, was made. A major resistance gene R pywas located approximately 13 cross-over units from the linkage group III marker, blt (black tarsus).
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Malcolm, C.A., Wood, R.J. Location of a gene conferring resistance to knockdown by permethrin and bioresmethrin in adults of the BKPM3 strain of Aedes aegypti . Genetica 59, 233–237 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00056546
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