Hundreds of Cx. p. pallens and Cx. p. quinquefasciatus genes that were differentially expressed in response to pesticide exposure were identified by using high throughout Illumina sequencing.
Resistance to deltamethrin, beta-cypermethrin, cyhalothrin, propoxur and dichlorvos was positively correlated to 1090, 1047, 1317, 368 and 340 gene expression levels, respectively; i.e., the greater the resistance the higher the level of gene expression.
Resistance to all five insecticides was also negatively correlated to 252, 145, 1085, 69 and 349 geneexpression levels, respectively; i.e., the greater the resistance the lower the level of gene expression.