A panel of CYP6Z genes drives broad-spectrum cross-resistance to public health insecticides in the major malaria vector An. gambiae s.s.
Mersimine Kouamo, Arnaud Tepa, Abdullahi Sabo Muhammad, Vanessa B. Ngannang-Fezeu, Jonas Arnaud Kengne-Ouafo, Murielle J. Wondji, Helen Irving, Sulaiman S. Ibrahim, Charles Sinclair Wondji
This study identifies CYP6Z genes in An. gambiae as drivers of broad-spectrum insecticide resistance through transcriptional upregulation and functional validation.
bioRxiv · Dec 23, 2025 · PreprintMolecular Biology