Inheritance of Resistance to Permethrin in Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus1
- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 72 (1) , 124-127
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/72.1.124
Abstract
The mode of inheritance of resistance to permethrin was studied in 2 strains of the southern house mosquito selected with the d-trans and d-cis isomers of this pyrethroid. Resistance was found to be co dominant (D = −0.014 to 0.14) in the d-trans-selected strain, and partially recessive (D = −0.15 to −0.35) in the d-cis-selected strain. The similarity of dominance values (D) in each pair of reciprocal crosses indicates a lack of sex linkage. Dose response lines for the backcross progeny (F1 ♂×S♀) were significantly different from those which might be expected on the basis of single gene inheritance, leading to the conclusion that permethrin resistance in this mosquito is of polyfactorial origin.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: