Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 17, Problem 2DAA
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To determine: The town with the highest percentage of poison-resistant wild rats.

Introduction: Rodenticides are the pesticides that have a capability to kill the whole rodent species. Rodents have their own importance in the nature but sometimes require some control over their population, as they could transmit disease, destroy crops, and may cause ecological damage. Warfarin is a common anticoagulant that could be used as rodenticide to kill mice and rats.

After the discovery, warfarin has been widely used and later it resulted in the development of species of warfarin-resistant mice and rats. Another recently developed one is bromadiolone, which is called as the super-warfarin (second-generation warfarin) that has a greater ability to accumulate in the liver and kill the organism.

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