Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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How does Darwin's theory of evolution help explain how insects, like mosquitos, become resistant to insecticides? Biologist Silvie Huijen talks about how evolution can impact the effect of insecticides over time.

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00:00 Introduction
01:20 What Darwin's theory of evolution tells us about insecticide resistance.
02:09 How insecticide resistance works.
03:26 Phenotype
04:32 Resistance allele