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. 1972;47(5):619–626.

Inheritance of DDT resistance in species A and B of the Anopheles gambiae complex

A M Haridi
PMCID: PMC2480826  PMID: 4540681

Abstract

It has been reported that Anopheles gambiae species A is resistant to DDT in Upper Volta and Togo, and DDT resistance has been found in a Sudan strain of species B. The species A strain from Upper Volta was more resistant to DDT than the Togo strain, while the Sudan strain of species B was the least resistant. The expression of resistance is genetically determined, and studies on the mode of inheritance have shown that resistance is inherited as a single dominant gene in the Togo strain of species A and the Sudan strain of species B, but that it is inherited as a single incompletely dominant gene in the Upper Volta strain of species A.

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