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RECENTLY, I found1 that strains of D. melanogaster characterized by resistance to DDT, BHC, parathion and other insecticides were susceptible to phenylthiourea, while the majority of strains susceptible to DDT were resistant to phenylthiourea.
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Ogita, Z., Drosophila Information Service, 31, 146 (1957).
Ogita, Z., Information Circular on the Resistance Problem W.H.O., 12, 4 (1958).
Ogita, Z., Botyu-Kagaku (in the press).
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OGITA, Z. A New Type of Insecticide. Nature 182, 1529–1530 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1821529b0
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