Adaptation of Musca domestica L. field population to laboratory breeding causes transcriptional alterations.

BACKGROUND: The housefly, Musca domestica, has developed resistance to most insecticides applied for its control. Expression of genes coding for detoxification enzymes play a role in the response of the housefly when encountered by a xenobiotic. The highest level of constitutive gene expression of n...

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Main Authors: Dorte H Højland, Karl-Martin Vagn Jensen, Michael Kristensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3904851?pdf=render