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Genetics of Insecticide Resistance

Recent Publications 2007-2008

Behere, G.T., Tay, W.T., Russell, D., Heckel, D.G., Appleton, B.R., Kranthi, K.R. and P. Batterham (2007).  Mitochondrial DNA Analysis of Field Populations of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genus Helicoverpa.  BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 117 – 126
 
Chung, H., Bogwitz, M. R., McCart, C., Andrianopoulos, A., ffrench-Constant, R.H., Batterham, P. and P. J. Daborn (2007). Cis-regulatory elements in the Accord retrotransposon result in tissue-specific expression of the Drosophila melanogaster insecticide resistance gene Cyp6g1.  Genetics175:1071-1077.
 
Daborn, P.J., Lumb, C., Boey, A., Wong, W., Blasetti, A., ffrench-Constant, R.H. and P. Batterham. (2007). Evaluating the insecticide resistance potential of eight Drosophila melanogaster cytochrome P450 genes by transgenic over-expression.  Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 37: 512-519
 
Drosophila 12 Genomes Consortium (including P. Batterham)(2007).  Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.  Nature450:203-18.
 
Grubor, V.D,  and D.G. Heckel (2007). Evaluation of the role of CYP6B cytochrome P450s in pyrethroid resistant Australian Helicoverpa armigera.  Insect Mol Biol. 16(1):15-23.
 
Heckel, D.G., Gahan, LJ, Baxter, S.W., Zhao, J.Z., Shelton, A.M., Gould, F., and B.E. Tabashnik (2007).  The diversity of Bt resistance genes in species of Lepidoptera.  J Invertebr Pathol. 200795(3):192-7.
 
Low, W.Y., Ng, H.L., Morton, C.J., Parker, M.W., Batterham, P. and C. Robin (2007).  Molecular evolution of glutathione s-transferases in the genus Drosophila.  Genetics 177:1363-75.
 
Norgate, M., Southon, A., Zou, S., Zhan, M., Sun, Y., Batterham, P. and J. Camakaris (2007). Copper homeostasis gene discovery in Drosophila melanogaster. Biometals 20: 683-697  
 
Perry, T., McKenzie JA, Batterham P. (2007) A Dalpha6 knockout strain of Drosophila melanogaster confers a high level of resistance to spinosad. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 37(2):184-8.
 
Sztal, T., Chung, H., Gramzow, L., Daborn, P.J., Batterham, P. and C. Robin (2007). Two independent duplications forming the Cyp307a genes in Drosophila.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 37:1044-53.
 
 
Willoughby, L., Batterham, P. and P. J. Daborn. (2007). Piperonyl butoxide induces the expression of cytochrome P450 and glutathione S-transferase genes in Drosophila melanogaster. Pest Management Science 63: 803-808  
 
2008

Baxter, S.W., Zhao, J.Z., Shelton, A.M., Vogel, H. and D.G. Heckel.(2008) Genetic mapping of Bt-toxin binding proteins in a Cry1A-toxin resistant strain of diamondback moth Plutella xylostella.  Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 38(2):125-35.

Behere, G.T., Tay, W.T., Russell, D.A. and P. Batterham (2008). Molecular markers to discriminate among four pest species of Helicoverpa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).  Bulletin Ent Res. (in press)

Perry*, T. Heckel, D.G., McKenzie*, J.A. and P. Batterham (2008).  Mutations in Dα1 or Dβ2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits can confer resistance to neonicotinoids in Drosophila melanogaster.  Insect Biochem Mol. Biol. (in press)
 
Tay, W.T., Behere, G.T., Heckel, D.G., Lee, S.F. and P. Batterham (2008).  Exon-primed intron crossing (EPIC) markers of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)  Bulletin Ent Res. (in press)
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