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A NEW mechanism of inheritance of DDT-resistance has been investigated in a selected strain of house-flies (Musca domestica L.) wherein resistance is manifest only in males. Genetic tests have shown that the resistance is transmitted by males but not by females. It is therefore determined either directly by a Y-chromosome factor or, like sex in Drosophila, by the balance between the unpaired parts of X and Y and the rest of the chromosome set.
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KERR, R. Sex-limited DDT-Resistance in House-flies. Nature 185, 868 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185868a0
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