An optimized method for Nasonia germ-free rearing [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 A germ-free rearing system is a crucial method for host–microbiota interactions using Nasonia as a model system. The previous rearing media in 2012 introduced toxic factors like bleach and antibiotics, required significant effort and volume of media ...
Guan-Hong Wang, Robert M. Brucker
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In vitro cultivation of the hymenoptera genetic model, Nasonia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 The wasp genus Nasonia is a genetic model with unique advantages for the study of interspecific differences, including haplodiploidy and interfertile species.
Robert M Brucker, Seth R Bordenstein
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Disentangling a holobiont – recent advances and perspectives in Nasonia wasps
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 The parasitoid wasp genus Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) is a well-established model organism for insect development, evolutionary genetics, speciation and symbiosis.
Jessica Dittmer +6 more
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Genetics of cuticular hydrocarbon differences between males of the parasitoid wasps Nasonia giraulti and Nasonia vitripennis [PDF]
Heredity, 2010 Many insects rely on cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) as major recognition signals between individuals. Previous research on the genetics of CHCs has focused on Drosophila in which the roles of three desaturases and one elongase were highlighted. Comparable studies in other insect taxa have not been conducted so far.
O, Niehuis +4 more
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Genome-wide demethylation and targeted remethylation during metamorphosis in the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis [PDF]
Epigenetics & ChromatinDNA methylation plays a critical regulatory role during insect development, yet the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here, we provide a comprehensive profile of DNA methylation dynamics across the developmental stages of the parasitoid ...
C. L. Thomas, E. B. Mallon
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Creating insect neopolyploid lines to study animal polyploid evolution [PDF]
Evolutionary ApplicationsWhole‐genome duplication (polyploidy) poses many complications but is an important driver for eukaryotic evolution. To experimentally study how many challenges from the cellular (including gene expression) to the life history levels are overcome in ...
Saminathan Sivaprakasham Murugesan +3 more
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Deciphering proteomic signatures of early diapause in Nasonia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 Insect diapause is an alternative life-history strategy used to increase longevity and survival in harsh environmental conditions. Even though some aspects of diapause are well investigated, broader scale studies that elucidate the global metabolic ...
Florian Wolschin, Jürgen Gadau
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Nasonia vitripennis males exhibit greater effort and competency in detecting hosts with conspecific females than other Nasonia males [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceNasonia is a species complex of four parasitoid wasps. N. vitripennis is cosmopolitan, while the other three species are micro-sympatric with it. This distribution can select distinct species-specific mate recognition capabilities.
Taruna Verma +6 more
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Function and evolution of DNA methylation in Nasonia vitripennis. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2013 The parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis is an emerging genetic model for functional analysis of DNA methylation. Here, we characterize genome-wide methylation at a base-pair resolution, and compare these results to gene expression across five ...
Xu Wang +7 more
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Phylosymbiosis Impacts Adaptive Traits in
mBio, 2019 Phylosymbiosis is defined as microbial community relationships that recapitulate the phylogeny of hosts. As evidence for phylosymbiosis rapidly accumulates in different vertebrate and invertebrate holobionts, a central question is what evolutionary ...
Edward J. van Opstal +1 more
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