The costs and benefits of multiple mating in a mostly monandrous wasp [PDF]
, 2015 Funding: NERC DTGThe taxonomically widespread nature of polyandry remains a puzzle. Much of the empirical work regarding the costs and benefits of multiple mating to females has, for obvious reasons, relied on species that are already highly polyandrous.
Boulton, Rebecca, Shuker, David Michael
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How the venom from the ectoparasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis exhibits anti-inflammatory properties on mammalian cell lines [PDF]
, 2014 With more than 150,000 species, parasitoids are a large group of hymenopteran insects that inject venom into and then lay their eggs in or on other insects, eventually killing the hosts.
Danneels, Ellen +6 more
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Mapping of Hybrid Incompatibility Loci in Nasonia [PDF]
Genetics, 1999 AbstractAccording to theory, F2 hybrid breakdown (lethality or sterility) is due to incompatibilities between interacting genes of the different species (i.e., the breaking up of coadapted gene complexes). Detection of such incompatibilities is particularly straightforward in haplodiploid species, because virgin F1 hybrid females will produce haploid ...
J, Gadau, R E, Page, J H, Werren
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Chromosomal anchoring of linkage groups and identification of wing size QTL using markers and FISH probes derived from microdissected chromosomes in Nasonia(Pteromalidae : Hymenoptera) [PDF]
, 2004 Nasonia vitripennis is a small parasitic hymenopteran with a 50-year history of genetic work including linkage mapping with mutant and molecular markers. For the first time we are now able to anchor linkage groups to specific chromosomes.
Beukeboom, Leo W. +5 more
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Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 2023 Heritable microbes that exhibit reproductive parasitism are common in insects. One class of these are the male-killing bacteria, which are found in a broad range of insect hosts. Commonly, our knowledge of the incidence of these microbes is based on one or a few sampling sites, and the degree and causes of spatial variation are unclear.
Nadal-Jimenez, P. +11 more
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Cloning, Expression, Sequence Analysis and Homology Modeling of the Prolyl Endoprotease from Eurygaster integriceps Puton [PDF]
, 2014 Eurygaster integriceps Puton, commonly known as sunn pest, is a major pest of wheat in Northern Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. This insect injects a prolyl endoprotease into the wheat, destroying the gluten.
Clack, Beatrice A. +5 more
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Behavioral and spermatogenic hybrid male breakdown in Nasonia [PDF]
Heredity, 2010 Several reproductive barriers exist within the Nasonia species complex, including allopatry, premating behavioral isolation, postzygotic inviability and Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility. Here we show that hybrid males suffer two additional reproductive disadvantages, an inability to properly court females and decreased sperm production ...
Clark, Michael E. +3 more
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Sex allocation theory reveals a hidden cost of neonicotinoid exposure in a parasitoid wasp [PDF]
, 2015 P.R.W. was funded by the University of Stirling, C.V.B. and S.M.G. were funded by Nuffield Research Placements and N.C., J.G. and D.M.S. were funded by NERC (NE/J024481/1).Sex allocation theory has proved to be one the most successful theories in ...
Blackburn, Charlotte V. +6 more
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Characteristics of the genome of Arsenophonus nasoniae , son‐killer bacterium of the wasp Nasonia [PDF]
Insect Molecular Biology, 2010 Abstract We report the properties of a draft genome sequence of the bacterium Arsenophonus nasoniae , son‐killer bacterium of Nasonia vitripennis .
A C, Darby +6 more
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The Hymenoptera Genome Database [PDF]
, 2010 The Hymenoptera Genome Database (HGD) is an informatics resource supporting genomics of hymenopteran insect species. This relational database implements open-source software and components providing access to curated data contributed by an extensive ...
Anna K. Bennett +6 more
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