Fatal association between dieldrin-resistant and susceptible Australian sheep blowflies, Lucilia cuprina.
A novel phenomenon of interactions between genotypes of the dieldrin-resistance (Rdl) locus of the Australian sheep blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) is described. Susceptible adult flies exposed to dieldrin-resistant (Rdl/Rdl or Rdl/S) adults, raised from larvae grown on media containing sublethal concentrations of dieldrin, display mortality related to the concentration on which the resistant flies developed. The resistant flies excrete quantities of dieldrin that are toxic to susceptible flies. These observations provide an additional mechanism to those previously identified for the rapid evolution of resistance to dieldrin by L. cuprina.
Department of Genetics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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Davies
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Batterham
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JA
McKenzie
D000818:Animals; D004026:Dieldrin; D004175:Diptera / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004351:Drug Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D006579:Heterozygote; D006720:Homozygote; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000187:drug effects
D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; D004026:Dieldrin