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THERE have been many speculations on the mode of inheritance of resistance to DDT in the housefly (Musca domestica L.), but little scientific evidence in support of one theory or another. In 1950, Bruce and Decker1 reported that it was a multiple gene character and was carried by both male and female flies. Reciprocal crossing experiments between flies of a non-resistant laboratory strain and a DDT-resistant strain resulted in the F1, F2 and F15 generations having a resistance exactly intermediate between that of the parents.
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HARRISON, C. Inheritance of Resistance to DDT in the Housefly, Musca domestica L.. Nature 167, 855–856 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167855a0
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