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Examination of Host Phenotypes in Gambusia affinis Following Antibiotic Treatment
Published on: February 22, 2017
Resistance to DDT in the mosquito fish, Gambusia affinis
Abstract:
Mosquito fish from waters near cotton fields that have had a long history of treatment with chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides exhibited a marked resistance to DDT compared with fish from areas which had had no past exposure to insecticides.

