Table 2 Screening of Culex pipiens individuals for the presence of mutations at the I1043 site of the chitin synthase.

From: Striking diflubenzuron resistance in Culex pipiens, the prime vector of West Nile Virus

Population

Sample size* (N)

Genotype at the chitin synthase position 1043

Homo† (II)

Homo ‡(MM)

Homo§ (LL)

Hetero(IM)

Hetero(IL)

Hetero(ML)

Benaki 2013

14

14

—

—

—

—

—

Ravenna 2016

34

25

3

—

2

3

1

Ravenna 2016 (Survivors)

30

—

17

13

—

—

—

  1. *Number of individuals tested. †I:Isoleucine amino acid (wild type). ‡M: Methionine amino acid. §L:Leucine amino acid.
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