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point mutation in a Drosophila GABA receptor confers insecticide resistance by Ffrench-Constant, R.H, Rocheleau, T.A, Steichen, J.C, Chalmers, A.E

“…Vertebrates and invertebrates both have GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) as a major inhibitory neurotransmitter. GABA(A) receptors in vertebrates assemble as…”
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A single-amino acid substitution in a gamma-aminobutyric acid subtype A receptor locus is associated with cyclodiene insecticide resistance in Drosophila populations by Ffrench-Constant, R.H. (University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI), Steichen, J.C, Rocheleau, T.A, Aronstein, K, Roush, R.T

“…Resistance to cyclodiene insecticides, documented in at least 277 species, is perhaps the most common kind of resistance to any pesticide. By using cyclodiene…”
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Mutations in a newly identified Drosophila melanogaster gene, mago nashi, disrupt germ cell formation and result in the formation of mirror-image symmetrical double abdomen embryos by BOSWELL, R. E, PROUT, M. E, STEICHEN, J. C

“…The mago nashi (mago) locus is a newly identified strict maternal effect, grandchildless-like, gene in Drosophila melanogaster. In homozygous mutant mago…”
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