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Intralocus sexual conflict and insecticide resistance.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 30 Nov 2016
Hawkes M F, Gamble C E, Turner E C R, Carey M R, Wedell N, Hosken D J
Abstract excerpt
The BA allele of the Drosophila cytochrome P450 gene Cyp6g1 confers resistance to a range of insecticides. It is also subject to intralocus sexual conflict when introgressed into the Canton-S background, whose collection predates the widespread use of insecticides. In this genetic background, the allele confers a pleiotropic fitness benefit to females but a cost to males, and exhibits little sexual dimorphism in...
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