Rodent Resistance

摘要

Pesticides derived from the compound coumarin have been used sincernthe 1950s to kill rodent pests. In response, rats and mice have been developing resistance Simone Rost of the University of Wuerzburgrnin Germany and her colleagues have now identified 18 new resistance mutations in rodents from four continents. Warfarin and other coumarin-derived substances work by