{"title":"kdr-Type resistance in insects with special reference to the German cockroach, Blattella germanica","authors":"Jeffrey G. Scott, Ke Dong","doi":"10.1016/0305-0491(94)90002-7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The phenomenon of knockdown resistance (<em>kdr</em>) was first noted in the housefly (<em>Musca domestica</em>), and has subsequently be found (i.e. <em>kdr</em>-type resistance) in several other insect pests including the German cockroach (<em>Blattella germanica</em>). This type of resistance causes insensitivity of the nervous system to pyrethroids, DDT and a limited number of sodium channel neurotoxins. In the German cockroach, <em>kdr</em>-type resistance is incompletely recessive, monogenic and not sex linked or due to cytoplasmic factors. Additionally, <em>kdr</em>-type resistance is not associated with a change in sodium channel density, <em>kdr</em> or <em>kdr</em>-type loci are tightly linked or identical to the <em>para</em>-homologous sodium channel locus in German cockroach, housefly and tobacco budworm (<em>Heliothis virescens</em>), suggesting that <em>kdr</em> and <em>kdr</em>-type resistance are due to mutations in the <em>para</em>-homologous sodium channel gene. <em>kdr</em>-Type resistance in the German cockroach appears similar, although not necessarily identical, to <em>kdr</em> in houseflies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100294,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Comparative Biochemistry","volume":"109 2","pages":"Pages 191-198"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1994-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0305-0491(94)90002-7","citationCount":"19","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Comparative Biochemistry","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0305049194900027","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The phenomenon of knockdown resistance (kdr) was first noted in the housefly (Musca domestica), and has subsequently be found (i.e. kdr-type resistance) in several other insect pests including the German cockroach (Blattella germanica). This type of resistance causes insensitivity of the nervous system to pyrethroids, DDT and a limited number of sodium channel neurotoxins. In the German cockroach, kdr-type resistance is incompletely recessive, monogenic and not sex linked or due to cytoplasmic factors. Additionally, kdr-type resistance is not associated with a change in sodium channel density, kdr or kdr-type loci are tightly linked or identical to the para-homologous sodium channel locus in German cockroach, housefly and tobacco budworm (Heliothis virescens), suggesting that kdr and kdr-type resistance are due to mutations in the para-homologous sodium channel gene. kdr-Type resistance in the German cockroach appears similar, although not necessarily identical, to kdr in houseflies.