Selection at the diazinon resistance locus in overwintering populations of Lucilia cuprina (the Australian sheep blowfly).

doi:10.1038/hdy.1994.98

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Selection at the diazinon resistance locus in overwintering populations of Lucilia cuprina (the Australian sheep blowfly).

Heredity - 1 Jul 1994

McKenzie J A

Abstract excerpt

In excess of 70 per cent mortality is observed during the overwintering stage of the life cycle of L. cuprina. The mortality is selective in the absence of a fitness modifier; phenotypes resistant to diazinon overwinter less successfully than susceptibles. In the presence of the modifier the over...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Chromosome Mapping
Diazinon
Diptera
Genetics, Population
Insecticide Resistance
Phenotype
Seasons
Selection, Genetic

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