Anticoagulant resistance in norway rats (rattus norvegicus berk.) in kent – a vkorc1 single nucleotide polymorphism, tyrosine139phenylalanine, new to the uk

International Journal of Pest Management

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-65

  Prescott, Colin V ^a   Buckle, Alan P ^a   Gibbings, J George ^a   Allan, Ed N W ^a   Stuart, Alexander M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant resistance; Dna sequencing; Norway rat; Rattus norvegicus; Y139f

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010501200     PISSN: 09670874     EISSN: 13665863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670874.2010.523124     Document Type: Article

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