Everything about Housefly

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: HouseflyA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Preparation of housefly (Musca domestica) larvae protein hydrolysates: Influence of dual-sweeping-frequency ultrasound-assisted enzymatic hydrolysis on yield, antioxidative activity, functional and structural attributesInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: House-flies and how they spread diseaseThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: A study of housefly esterases by means of a sensitive colorimetric methodCited 841 times
5. Go sideways: Stable flyA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: HydrotaeaA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• A study of housefly esterases by means of a sensitive colorimetric method

  K. van Asperen · 1962 · Journal of Insect Physiology · 841 citations

• Identification and characterization of mutations in housefly (Musca domestica) acetylcholinesterase involved in insecticide resistance

  Sinéad B. WALSH, Tracey A. DOLDEN, Graham D. MOORES · 2001 · Biochemical Journal · 308 citations

• Stable transformation of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti , with the Hermes element from the housefly

  Nijole Jasinskiene, Craig J. Coates, Mark Q. Benedict · 1998 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 290 citations

• A systematic review of human pathogens carried by the housefly (Musca domestica L.)

  Faham Khamesipour, Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, Behnam Honarvar · 2018 · BMC Public Health · 245 citations

• THE EFFECT OF AN EXPERIMENTAL BOTTLENECK UPON QUANTITATIVE GENETIC VARIATION IN THE HOUSEFLY

  Edwin H Bryant, Steven A McCommas, Lisa M Combs · 1986 · Genetics · 226 citations

• THE PHOSPHOLIPIDS OF THE HOUSEFLY, MUSCA DOMESTICA

  HD CRONE, RG BRIDGES · 1963 · Biochemical Journal · 203 citations

• Knockdown resistance (kdr) to DDT and pyrethroid insecticides maps to a sodium channel gene locus in the housefly (Musca domestica)

  Martin S. Williamson, Ian Denholm, Caroline A. Bell · 1993 · Molecular and General Genetics MGG · 181 citations

• Dietary TH 6040 alters composition and enzyme activity of housefly larval cuticle

  Isaac Ishaaya, John E. Casida · 1974 · Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology · 168 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Preparation of housefly (Musca domestica) larvae protein hydrolysates: Influence of dual-sweeping-frequency ultrasound-assisted enzymatic hydrolysis on yield, antioxidative activity, functional and structural attributes

  Fan Yang, Wen Chen, Mokhtar Dabbour · 2024 · Food Chemistry · 41 citations

• Organochlorine knockdown-resistance (kdr) association in housefly (Musca domestica): A systematic review and meta-analysis

  Ebrahim Abbasi, Zahra Yazdani, Salman Daliri · 2023 · Parasite Epidemiology and Control · 39 citations

• Housefly maggot meal complement soybean meal in a fish-free diet for hybrid catfish (Clarias gariepinus ♀ x Heterobranchus longifilis ♂): Effect on growth, body composition, blood biochemistry and antioxidant enzyme activity

  Femi J. Fawole, Naseemashahul Shamna, Hairat A. Memudu · 2023 · Animal Feed Science and Technology · 32 citations

• Potential antitumor and anti-inflammatory activities of an extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) from Bacillus subtilis isolated from a housefly

  Lingxiu Zhang, Huilan Yi · 2022 · Scientific Reports · 31 citations

• Serratia marcescens in the intestine of housefly larvae inhibits host growth by interfering with gut microbiota

  Ying Li, Shumin Wang, Kexin Zhang · 2023 · Parasites & Vectors · 26 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• House-flies and how they spread diseaseC. Gordon Hewitt · 1912
• The house flyUnited States. Entomology Research Division · 1955
• Carpet manufactureFred Bradbury · 1904
• 📕The house-fly as a danger to healthErnest Edward Austen · 1939
• 📕The house-flyE. E. Austen · 1928
• The FlyÉlise Gravel · 2014
• Les mouchesMartin Monestier · 1999
• The house fly; how to control itUnited States. Entomology Research Division

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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