Implications of gene amplification for evolution and management of insecticide resistance.

Abstract excerpt

Simulations were used to compare evolution of insecticide resistance predicted by a conventional two-allele model with predictions from three- and four-allele models that assume resistance is based on gene amplification. Results were similar between models when insecticide concentration was low or moderate. In contrast, when 10% of the population was not exposed to insecticide each generation, high insecticide...

Topics

• Alleles
• Animals
• Computer Simulation
• Gene Amplification
• Insecta
• Insecticide Resistance