John McKenzie

Mutations in D alpha 1 or D beta 2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits can confer resistance to neonicotinoids in Drosophila melanogaster

Trent Perry, David G Heckel, John A McKenzie, Philip Batterham

Journal article  |  2008  |  INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Resistance to insecticides by modification of their molecular targets is a serious problem in chemical control of many arthropod p..

A D alpha 6 knockout strain of Drosophila melahogaster confers a high level of resistance to spinosad

Trent Perry, John A McKenzie, Philip Batterham

Journal article  |  2007  |  INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A null mutation of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunit Dalpha6, in Drosophila melanogaster, confers 1181-fold res..

Positional cloning of a cyromazine resistance gene in Drosophila melanogaster

Z Chen, C Robin, J Damiano, J Lydall, C Lumb, K Smith, A Blasetti, PJ Daborn, D Heckel, JA McKenzie, P Batterham

Journal article  |  2006  |  INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Cyromazine is an effective insecticide used to control dipteran insects. Its precise mode of action is yet to be determined, altho..

The genetic bases of high-level resistance to diflubenzuron and low-level resistance to cyromazine in a field strain of the Australian sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann) (Diptera : Calliphoridae)

P Batterham, A Hill-Williams, G Levot, N Sales, JA McKenzie

Journal article  |  2006  |  AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY

Several genes on chromosomes IV and VI have a significant influence on high-level resistance to diflubenzuron in a strain of the A..

Mutation and phenotypic variation: Where is the connection? Capacitators, stressors, phenotypic variability, and evolutionary change

AA Hoffmann, JA McKenzie

Book Chapter  |  2005

Evolutionary studies have tended to focus on descriptions of successful evolutionary changes rather than limits to variability tha..

Cyp12a4 confers lufenuron resistance in a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster

MR Bogwitz, H Chung, L Magoc, S Rigby, W Wong, M O'Keefe, JA McKenzie, P Batterham, PJ Daborn

Journal article  |  2005  |  PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Lufenuron is an insect growth regulator insecticide mainly used for the control of the cat flea. To understand mechanisms of resis..

Effect of E(sev) and Su(Raf) HsP83 mutants and trans-heterozygotes on bristle trait means and variation in Drosophila melanogaster

CC Milton, P Batterham, JA McKenzie, AA Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2005  |  GENETICS

The Hsp90 protein encoded by the Hsp83 gene is required for the development of many traits in Drosophila. Hsp83 is also thought to..

Cross-resistance to dicyclanil in cyromazine-resistant mutants of Drosophila melanogaster and Lucilia cuprina

L Magoc, JL Yen, A Hill-Williams, JA McKenzie, P Batterham, PJ Daborn

Journal article  |  2005  |  PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Cyromazine is an insect growth regulator insecticide with a novel mode of action, mainly used to control dipteran insects. Previou..

Wing shape versus asymmetry as an indicator of changing environmental conditions in insects

AA Hoffmann, RE Woods, E Collins, K Wallin, A White, JA McKenzie

Journal article  |  2005  |  AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY

In insects, the fluctuating asymmetry of bilaterally symmetrical traits has been suggested as an indicator of environmental stress..

The genetic basis of resistance to diazinon in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster

FM Pyke, MR Bogwitz, T Perry, A Monk, P Batterham, JA McKenzie

Journal article  |  2004  |  GENETICA

Isofemale strains of Drosophila melanogaster were established from single inseminated females collected from populations along the..