Lipids and Dieldrin Resistance in Aedes aegypti1
- 30 November 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 59 (6) , 1512-1514
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/59.6.1512
Abstract
Dieldrin-resistant strains of the yellow-fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti (L.), contained 20–50% more larval fat than their susceptible counterparts. The total lipid contents of various substrains of a given strain were closely correlated with their LC50 levels. The increase in fat involved both the neutral lipids and phospholipids. Since similar differences were observed between larvae within a given strain, it is considered unlikely that the mere increase in lipid content is the resistance mechanism.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: