Long-Term Resistance of Drosophila melanogaster to the Mushroom Toxin Alpha-Amanitin.

Insect resistance to toxins exerts not only a great impact on our economy, but also on the ecology of many species. Resistance to one toxin is often associated with cross-resistance to other, sometimes unrelated, chemicals. In this study, we investigated mushroom toxin resistance in the fruit fly Dr...

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Main Authors: Chelsea L Mitchell, Roger D Yeager, Zachary J Johnson, Stephanie E D'Annunzio, Kara R Vogel, Thomas Werner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4433104?pdf=render