The effect of three environmental conditions on the fitness of cytochrome P450 monooxygenase-mediated permethrin resistance in Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus |
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Authors: | Melissa C Hardstone Brian P Lazzaro and Jeffrey G Scott |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Entomology, Comstock Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA |
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Abstract: | Background The evolution of insecticide resistance and persistence of resistance phenotypes are influenced by the fitness of resistance
alleles in the absence of insecticide pressure. Experimental determination of fitness is difficult, but fitness can be inferred
by measuring changes in allele frequencies in appropriate environments. We conducted allele competition experiments by crossing
two highly related strains of Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus mosquitoes. One strain (ISOP450) was permethrin resistant (due to P450-mediated detoxification) and one was a susceptible
strain. Allele and genotype frequencies were examined for 12 generations under three environmental conditions: standard laboratory,
temephos exposure (an insecticide to which the P450 detoxification mechanism in ISOP450 confers no resistance and which is
commonly used in mosquito control programs) and cold temperature stress (mimics the colder temperatures within the habitat
of this mosquito). |
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