About a 100 years ago, the Drosophila white mutant marked the birth of Drosophila genetics.
The white gene turned out to encode the first well studied ABC transporter in arthropods …

By transmitting major human diseases such as malaria, dengue fever and filariasis,
mosquito species represent a serious threat worldwide in terms of public health, and pose a …

Functional enrichment analysis is a key step in interpreting gene lists discovered in diverse
high-throughput experiments. g: Profiler studies flat and ranked gene lists and finds …

To tackle the problem of insecticide resistance, all resistance mechanisms need to be
studied. This study investigated the involvement of the cuticle in pyrethroid resistance in a …

ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters, a large class of transmembrane proteins, are
widely found in organisms and play an important role in the transport of xenobiotics. Insect …

Land use changes have been suggested as one of the causes for malaria epidemics in the
African highlands. This study investigated the effects of deforestation-induced changes in …

The development of insecticide resistance in African malaria vectors threatens the continued
efficacy of important vector control methods that rely on a limited set of insecticides. To …

Over evolutionary time, insect herbivores have adapted to the presence of natural toxins and
more recently to synthetic insecticides in or on the plants they consume. Biochemical …

The tobacco cutworm, Spodoptera litura, is an important pest of crop and vegetable plants
worldwide, and its resistance to insecticides have quickly developed. However, the …

Insecticides, especially pyrethroids, are the most important in the insect pest control and
preventing insect vector-borne human diseases. However, insect pests, including …