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Isolation of a deet-insensitive mutant of Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae).
Journal of economic entomology - 1 Dec 2001
Reeder N L, Ganz P J, Carlson J R, Saunders C W
Abstract excerpt
Despite the widespread use of N,N,-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (deet) in insect repellent products, nothing is known about the molecular basis for the repellency of deet, we initiated a molecular genetics program to elucidate the molecular mechanism of deet repellency in Drosophila melanogaster (Meigen). Deet repellency was apparently due to airborne vapors, as wild type flies were repelled by a deet-treated...
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