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6 May, 09:29

Problem-solving exercise: is hybridization promoting insecticide resistance in mosquitoes that transmit malaria?

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  1. 6 May, 12:12
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    The answer is yes. This has been observed in Mali where introgressesion of genes between Anopheles gambii and Anopheles coluzii, due to hybridization, led to a type resistant to treated mosquito nets. Hybridisation results to exchange of genes between species. A selective pressure (a force of Natural Selection) - in this case insecticides - causes the environment to select the most adaptive genes for survival of the species.
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