Inheritance, stability, and dominance of cry resistance in culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) selected with the three cry toxins of bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 886-894

  Wirth, Margaret C ^a   Walton, William E ^a   Federici, Brian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cry toxin; dominance; genetics; mosquito; resistance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; INHERITANCE; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULEX; ENDOTOXINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MALE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 84863735166     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11192     Document Type: Article

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