Explain how a mutation causing resistance to pyrethrins and pyrethroids would spread through a population of bed bugs that are being treated with the pesticide

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Ximena · Answer 1 · 2021-01-12T15:03:11+0000

If a bed bug has the resistance, and the other bed bugs are killed off, when that bed bug reproduces, more of its offspring will be resistant. The resistance to the pesticide will swell through generations of bed bugs.

Explain how a mutation causing resistance to pyrethrins and pyrethroids would spread through a population of bed bugs that are being treated with the pesticide

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