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The opportunity for sexual selection and the evolution of non-responsiveness to pesticides, sterility inducers and contraceptives

We illustrate a method for delaying and possibly eliminating the evolution of non-responsiveness to the treatments now used to control pest populations. Using simulations and estimates of the variance in relative fitness, i.e., the opportunity for selection, in a rat-like mammal, we show that the se...

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Autores principales: Shuster, Stephen M., Pyzyna, Brandy, Mayer, Loretta P., Dyer, Cheryl A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6275691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30761364
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00943