Inheritance of DDT resistance in species A and B of the Anopheles gambiae complex.
It has been reported that Anopheles gambiae species A is resistant to DDT in Upper Volta and Togo, and DDT resistance has been found in a Sudan strain of species B. The species A strain from Upper Volta was more resistant to DDT than the Togo strain, while the Sudan strain of species B was the least resistant. The expression of resistance is genetically determined, and studies on the mode of inheritance have shown that resistance is inherited as a single dominant gene in the Togo strain of species A and the Sudan strain of species B, but that it is inherited as a single incompletely dominant gene in the Upper Volta strain of species A.
D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles; D002050:Burkina Faso; D003634:DDT; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D005828:Genetics, Population; D007305:Insecticide Resistance; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity; D013397:Sudan; D014037:Togo
D003634:DDT