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A deficit of detoxification enzymes: pesticide sensitivity and environmental response in the honeybee

  1. C. Claudianos1,2,
  2. H. Ranson3,
  3. R. M. Johnson4,
  4. S. Biswas1,2,
  5. M. A. Schuler5,
  6. M. R. Berenbaum4,
  7. R. Feyereisen6,
  8. J. G. Oakeshott2

Article first published online: 27 OCT 2006

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00672.x

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Insect Molecular Biology

Volume 15, Issue 5, pages 615–636, October 2006

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Claudianos, C., Ranson, H., Johnson, R. M., Biswas, S., Schuler, M. A., Berenbaum, M. R., Feyereisen, R. and Oakeshott, J. G. (2006), A deficit of detoxification enzymes: pesticide sensitivity and environmental response in the honeybee. Insect Molecular Biology, 15: 615–636. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00672.x

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  1. 1

    Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia;

  2. 2

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Entomology, Canberra, ACT, Australia;

  3. 3

    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK;

  4. 4

    Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA;

  5. 5

    Department of Cell and Structural Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA;

  6. 6

    Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) and Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Centre de Recherche de Sophia Antipolis, Sophia Antipolis, France

* C. Claudianos, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. Fax: +61(2)61253808; e-mail: charles.claudianos@anu.edu.au

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