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Relation of the sex chromosome to DDT resistance in the German cockroach

Abstract

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1. Reciprocal crosses were made between a DDT-resistant and a nonresistant strain of the German cockroach. 2. The techniques employed in rearing the roaches and obtaining toxicological data on the different strains, as well as the genetical and statistical procedures, are described. 3. The toxicological data are presented in the form of regression lines with appropriate statistical analyses. 4. A table showing the relative resistance to DDT of the various strains involved in this study is included. 5. Several conclusions are drawn relative to the inheritance of resistance to DDF in the German cockroach.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Science
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Entomology
Department dc:contributor.department
Entomology
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
1952

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Cochran, Donald G.
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Pardue, Louis A.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Young, H. N.
  • Grayson, James McD.

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other
etd-07212009-040211
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/43769

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Cochran, Donald G.. Relation of the sex chromosome to DDT resistance in the German cockroach. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 1952. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43769