Science · 1971 · 27 citations · 12 references
Life SciencesBiologyEntomologyEnzymologyInsect GeneticsInsect PhysiologyEcotoxicology Of InsecticidesInsect ResistanceInsecticide ResistanceInsecticide ToxicologyOxidative Stress PhysiologyPesticide Impacts On InsectsEnzyme ActivityEnzyme Activity RegulationMicrosomal Enzyme-mediated MetabolismOxidative Enzyme ActivityOxidative Stress Toxicology
Microsomal oxidase activity is increased up to sixfold in dieldrin-resistant houseflies exposed to sublethal doses of dieldrin. The net increase in enzyme activity is greater in a strain initially high in oxidase activity than in a strain low in this respect, and this tendency is carried into the F(1) hybrids of the strains.
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