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WORK at the Ross Institute with Anopheles gambiae revealed that dieldrin resistance is due to an allele of a single gene. When tested with papers impregnated with a mineral oil solution of this insecticide, the heterozygotes for this allele can withstand 0.4 per cent dieldrin for 1 hr. and the homozygotes for this resistant allele can withstand 4.0 per cent dieldrin for 1 hr.
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OMARDEEN, T. Resistance of Anopheles aquasalis Curry to Dieldrin in Trinidad. Nature 183, 131 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183131a0
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