Arsenic-Based Compounds as Backup Against Phosphine-Resistant Pests? (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

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Arsenic-Based Compounds as Backup Against Phosphine-Resistant Pests? (1 of 2)

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R. dominica consumes a grain of wheat. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Nov. 9, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by David Schlipalius at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in Brisbane, Australia, and colleagues was titled, "A Core Metabolic Enzyme Mediates Resistance to Phosphine Gas."

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