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Evolutionary trade-offs of insect resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis crops: fitness cost affecting paternity.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Apr 2005
Higginson Dawn M, Morin Shai, Nyboer Megan E, Biggs Robert W, Tabashnik Bruce E, Carrière Yves
Abstract excerpt
Evolution of resistance to insecticides provides a useful model for examining fitness trade-offs associated with adaptation to stress. Here, we examined male reproductive costs in pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) resistant to an insecticidal protein of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) produced...
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