Cornell University
Library
Cornell UniversityLibrary

eCommons

Help
Log In(current)
  1. Home
  2. Cornell University Graduate School
  3. Cornell Theses and Dissertations
  4. A bulked segregant analysis of pyrethroid resistance in Musca domestica

A bulked segregant analysis of pyrethroid resistance in Musca domestica

File(s)
Freeman_cornell_0058O_11112.pdf (2.49 MB)
Permanent Link(s)
https://doi.org/10.7298/xscv-7y87
https://hdl.handle.net/1813/103246
Collections
Cornell Theses and Dissertations
Author
Freeman, Jamie Catherine
Abstract

Increased detoxification of insecticide is a common method of insecticide resistance. Despite this commonality, the molecular changes that are responsible are for are generally poorly understood. Often little is known beyond the involvement of particular enzyme families in the resistance phenotype or some number of overexpressed detoxification genes that may be involved. The availability of forward genetic studies in pest species will prove invaluable to advancing our understanding of resistance and insecticide toxicology in general. We use a quantitative trait mapping method called bulk segregant analysis (BSA) to determine the basis of a multigenic pyrethroid resistance phenotype to the known target-site of pyrethroids, the voltage-gated sodium channel, and a cluster of cytochrome P450s (CYPs) on chromosome 5. Structural variant calling using long read sequences indicates the area linked to resistance on chromosome 5 is structurally complicated in the resistant strain, and RNA-seq data indicates overexpression of 8 CYPs at this locus. The BSA mapping results are supported by linkage mapping of resistance with known morphological makers and synergist bioassays that indicate involvement of esterase and CYP-mediated detoxification in the resistance phenotype.

Description
105 pages
Date Issued
2020-12
Keywords
bulked segregant analysis
•
insecticide resistance
•
Musca domestica
•
pyrethroid
Committee Chair
Scott, Jeffrey G.
Committee Member
Wang, Ping
Messer, Philipp
Degree Discipline
Entomology
Degree Name
M.S., Entomology
Degree Level
Master of Science
Type
dissertation or thesis
Link(s) to Catalog Record
https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/13312187

Site Statistics | Help

About eCommons | Policies | Terms of use | Contact Us

copyright © 2002-2026 Cornell University Library | Privacy | Web Accessibility Assistance