Larval RNAi in Nasonia (Parasitoid Wasp) [PDF]
Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2009 INTRODUCTIONNasonia is a complex of four closely related species of wasps with several features that make it an excellent system for a variety of genetic studies. These include a short generation time, ease of rearing, interfertile species, visible and molecular markers, and a sequenced genome.
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Nasonia Vitripennis: An Emerging Model Organism for Chronobiology
, 2017 The circadian clock co-ordinates a wide range of biological processes in animals and as such has implications for a range of research topics, including human disease. Recent research has shown that Drosophila, the most widely used insect clock model, may
Nathaniel Jude Davies (7746182)
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Identification and characterization of Nasonia Pax genes [PDF]
Insect Molecular Biology, 2010 Abstract Pax genes are a group of critical developmental transcriptional regulators in both invertebrates and vertebrates, characterized by the presence of a paired DNA‐binding domain. Pax proteins also often contain an octapeptide motif and a C‐terminal homeodomain.
R G, Keller, C, Desplan, M I, Rosenberg
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Characterizing the Maternal-Zygotic Transition in the Haplodiploid Wasp Nasonia [PDF]
, 2020 The onset of the maternal-to-zygotic transition (MZT) in animals is dependent upon multiple and variable factors, including maternally deposited transcription factors, DNA methylation, and the nucleocytoplasmic ratio (N/C ratio).
Deanna Arsala (3557738)
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Chemical Ecology of the Parasitoid Wasp Genus Nasonia (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae)
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 The use of chemical cues and signals is essential for communication in insects. Wasps of the genus Nasonia (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae) are gregarious parasitoids that lay their eggs into puparia of cyclorrhaphous flies.
Magdalena M. Mair, Joachim Ruther
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Sex biased expression and co-expression networks in development, using the hymenopteran Nasonia vitripennis. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2020 Sexual dimorphism requires regulation of gene expression in developing organisms. These developmental differences are caused by differential expression of genes and isoforms.
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Computational identification and characterization of putative miRNAs in Nasonia species [PDF]
, 2010 MicroRNAs are important at post transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes. Nasonia genus is becoming increasingly popular model in present days due to genetic advantages it possesses over Drosophila.
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Rapid evolution of the mitochondrial genome in Chalcidoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) driven by parasitic lifestyles. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Among the Chalcidoids, hymenopteran parasitic wasps that have diversified lifestyles, a partial mitochondrial genome has been reported only from Nasonia.
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Calpain Proteases and the Evolving Signaling Network in Insect Embryonic Patterning
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, EarlyView.Insect embryonic Dorsal‐Ventral (DV) patterning relies on the BMP and Toll pathways to different extents. Calcium‐dependent cystein proteases of the Calpain family also exert an important function to pattern the DV axis. In Drosophila, Calpain A cleaves the Cactus/IkappaB inhibitor and modifies Toll signals in ventral regions of the embryo. In Rhodnius
Alison Julio, Helena Araujo
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Characterizing the infection-induced transcriptome of Nasonia vitripennis reveals a preponderance of taxonomically-restricted immune genes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The innate immune system in insects consists of a conserved core signaling network and rapidly diversifying effector and recognition components, often containing a high proportion of taxonomically-restricted genes. In the absence of functional annotation,
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