15 Insecticide resistance If the frequency of a gene for

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15 Insecticide resistance If the frequency of a gene for insecticide resistance is p a constant then its frequency in the next generation is given by the expression p 1 s 1 sp where s is the reproductive advantage this gene has over the f wild type in the presence of the insecticide Often the selective advantage s is very small Approximate the frequency in the next generation with a linear approxima tion given that s is small