Identification and detection of a novel point mutation in the Chitin Synthase gene of Culex pipiens associated with diflubenzuron resistance

• Emmanouil A. Fotakis ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Emmanouil A. Fotakis, Valentina Mastrantonio, Linda Grigoraki

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Crop Science, Pesticide Science Lab, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

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• Valentina Mastrantonio ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Emmanouil A. Fotakis, Valentina Mastrantonio, Linda Grigoraki

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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• Linda Grigoraki ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Emmanouil A. Fotakis, Valentina Mastrantonio, Linda Grigoraki

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Vector Biology Dept, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Daniele Porretta,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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• Arianna Puggioli,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Medical and Veterinary Entomology Dept., Centro Agricoltura Ambiente "G. Nicoli", Bologna, Italy

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• Alexandra Chaskopoulou,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation European Biological Control Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Thessaloniki, Greece

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• Hugo Osório,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation National Institute of Health Doctor Ricardo Jorge, Centro de Estudos de Vetores e Doenças Infeciosas Doutor Francisco Cambournac, Avenida da Liberdade, Águas de Moura, Portugal

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• Mylène Weill,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution (CNRS-Université de Montpellier-IRD-EPHE), Montpellier, France

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• Romeo Bellini,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Medical and Veterinary Entomology Dept., Centro Agricoltura Ambiente "G. Nicoli", Bologna, Italy

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• Sandra Urbanelli ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sandra.urbanelli@uniroma1.it (SU); vontas@imbb.forth.gr (JV)

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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• John Vontas

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sandra.urbanelli@uniroma1.it (SU); vontas@imbb.forth.gr (JV)

  Affiliations Department of Crop Science, Pesticide Science Lab, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8704-2574

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