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Gephebase Gene
Entry Status
Published
GepheID
GP00000978
Main curator
Martin
PHENOTYPIC CHANGE
Trait Category
Trait State in Taxon A
Musca domestica
Trait State in Taxon B
Musca domestica - resistant
Ancestral State
Taxon A
Taxonomic Status
Taxon A
Common Name
house fly
Synonyms
house fly; Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758
Rank
species
Lineage
Show more ... poda; Insecta; Dicondylia; Pterygota; Neoptera; Holometabola; Diptera; Brachycera; Muscomorpha; Eremoneura; Cyclorrhapha; Schizophora; Calyptratae; Muscoidea; Muscidae; Muscinae; Muscini; Musca; Musca
NCBI Taxonomy ID
is Taxon A an Infraspecies?
No
Taxon B
Common Name
house fly
Synonyms
house fly; Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758
Rank
species
Lineage
Show more ... poda; Insecta; Dicondylia; Pterygota; Neoptera; Holometabola; Diptera; Brachycera; Muscomorpha; Eremoneura; Cyclorrhapha; Schizophora; Calyptratae; Muscoidea; Muscidae; Muscinae; Muscini; Musca; Musca
NCBI Taxonomy ID
is Taxon B an Infraspecies?
No
GENOTYPIC CHANGE
Generic Gene Name
Rdl
Synonyms
CG10537; CT29555; Dmel\CG10537; DmRdl; DmRDL; gaba; GABA; GABA-R; GABAr; GABA[[A]]; GABA[[A]] receptor; GABA[[A]]-R; GABA[[A]]R; LCCH1; Rd1; rdl; RDL
Sequence Similarities
Belongs to the ligand-gated ion channel (TC 1.A.9) family. Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor (TC 1.A.9.5) subfamily.
UniProtKB
Drosophila melanogaster
GenebankID or UniProtKB
Presumptive Null
No
Molecular Type
Aberration Type
SNP
SNP Coding Change
Nonsynonymous
Molecular Details of the Mutation
Ala302Ser
Experimental Evidence
Taxon A Taxon B Position
Codon - - -
Amino-acid - - -
Authors
Thompson M; Steichen JC; ffrench-Constant RH
Abstract
Cyclodiene insecticide resistance has accounted for over 60% of reported cases of insecticide resistance. In Drosophila melanogaster resistance is associated with a single base pair substitution in the GABA receptor/chloride ion channel gene Rdl. This substitution predicts the replacement of an alanine with a serine in the second membrane spanning domain, the region thought to line the chloride ion channel pore. Here we report, via the use of degenerate primers in the polymerase chain reaction, that precisely the same substitution is present in three pests from three different insect orders: the house fly (Diptera), red flour beetle (Coleoptera) and American cockroach (Dictyoptera). This finding suggests that there are a limited number of mutations that can confer resistance to cyclodienes, putative channel blockers, while still maintaining adequate chloride ion channel function. The conservation of the resistance-associated mutation between Drosophila and pest insects directly validates the approach of using this insect as a model system for isolating and studying resistance genes. The importance of single base pair substitutions in the evolution of pesticide resistance and in the design of molecular monitoring techniques is discussed.
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