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InCulex pipiens mosquitos from Southern France, resistance to the organophosphorus insecticide chlorpyrifos is due to the dominant allele (Chl R) of an autosomal gene. TheChl gene is localized between thea-Gpd andEst-2 loci at 26.8 and 5.8 units of crossing-over respectively.
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Pasteur, N., Sinègre, G. Chlorpyrifos (Dursban®) resistance inCulex pipiens pipiens L. from Southern France: Inheritance and linkage. Experientia 34, 709–711 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01947273
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