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MUTATIONS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER AFFECTING PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSE TO MALATHION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Fred G. Pluthero  and
Stephen F. H. Threlkeld
Fred G. Pluthero
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1
Stephen F. H. Threlkeld
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1
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Abstract

Mutants of Drosophila melanogaster (Meigen) with altered resistance to the insecticide malathion were isolated and tested for their avoidance response to the insecticide. A correlation between sensitivity to the insecticide and increased avoidance was detected. Approximate chromosome map locations were determined for the loci of the mutations.

Résumé

Certains mutants de Drosophila melanogaster (Meigen) caractérisés par leur résistance modifiée au malathion ont été isolés et testés pour leur réponse d'aversion vis-à-vis l'insecticide. Une corrélation a été observée entre la sensibilité à l'insecticide et une augmentation de l'aversion. On a pu déterminer les sites approximatifs des loci des mutations sur la carte chromosomique.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 116 , Issue 3 , March 1984 , pp. 411 - 418
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1984

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