Ivermectin sensitivity is an ancient trait affecting all ecdysozoa but shows phylogenetic clustering among sepsid flies

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 548-554

  Puniamoorthy, Nalini ^a,b,d   Schäfer, Martin A ^a   Römbke, Jörg ^c   Meier, Rudolf ^b   Blanckenhorn, Wolf U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c ECT OEKOTOXIKOLOGIE GMBH   (Germany)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Dung insects; Eco toxicological traits; Environmental impact studies; Exaptation; Ivermectin; Livestock medication; Phylogeny; Sepsidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902156014     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12152     Document Type: Article

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