The spread of resistance to imidacloprid is restricted by thermotolerance in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster
A. Fournier-Level, R. T. Good, S. Wilcox, R. V. Rane, M. Schiffer, W. Chen, P. Battlay, T. Perry, P. Batterham, A. A. Hoffmann, C. Robin
The study investigates imidacloprid resistance in Drosophila melanogaster across different temperatures and finds a polygenic basis with a trade-off against thermotolerance.
bioRxiv · Jan 4, 2019Evolutionary Biology