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DNA methylation changes induced by long and short photoperiods in Nasonia [PDF]
, 2015 Many organisms monitor the annual change in day length and use this information for the timing of their seasonal response. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying photoperiodic timing are largely unknown.
Bafna, A +4 more
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Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aedes aegypti, a critical vector for tropical diseases, poses significant challenges for studying its embryogenesis due to difficulties in removing its rigid chorion and achieving effective fixation for in situ hybridization. Here, we present novel methodologies for fixation, dechorionation, DAPI staining, and in situ hybridization, enabling ...
Renata Coutinho‐dos‐Santos +8 more
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DNA Methylation and Sex Allocation in the Parasitoid Wasp Nasonia vitripennis [PDF]
The American Naturalist, 2015 The role of epigenetics in the control and evolution of behavior is being increasingly recognized. Here we test whether DNA methylation influences patterns of adaptive sex allocation in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis. Female N. vitripennis allocate offspring sex broadly in line with local mate competition (LMC) theory.
Cook, A. +3 more
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Chemoreceptor Evolution in Hymenoptera and Its Implications for the Evolution of Eusociality. [PDF]
, 2015 Eusocial insects, mostly Hymenoptera, have evolved unique colonial lifestyles that rely on the perception of social context mainly through pheromones, and chemoreceptors are hypothesized to have played important adaptive roles in the evolution of ...
Berger, Shelley L +5 more
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Improving Biological Control Outcomes: A New Zealand Perspective
New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, Volume 69, Issue 3, June 2026.This short communication outlines the imperative for advances in classical biological control, often based on molecular technologies, to accentuate the efficacy of impact while being cognisant of the need for biological control safety.
S. L. Goldson, B. I. P. Barratt
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Generation of heritable germline mutations in the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis using CRISPR/Cas9
Scientific Reports, 2017 The revolutionary RNA-guided endonuclease CRISPR/Cas9 system has proven to be a powerful tool for gene editing in a plethora of organisms. Here, utilizing this system we developed an efficient protocol for the generation of heritable germline mutations ...
Ming Li +6 more
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Use of Nasonia vitripennis to Evaluate Genomic Imprinting and Haplodiploid Inheritance [PDF]
, 2013 During fertilization, male and female gametes fuse and a diploid organism is generated. However, in some cases, not all of the genes from a parental genome are expressed.
Fisher, Carolyn
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Non-canonical dorsoventral patterning in the moth midge Clogmia albipunctata [PDF]
, 2017 This is the final version of the article. Available from BioMed Central via the DOI in this record.Background Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are of central importance for dorsal–ventral (DV) axis specification.
Alcaine-Colet, A +3 more
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Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 174, Issue 6, Page 579-588, June 2026.It is unknown why males of the parasitoid wasp Nasonia giraulti produce large amounts of a costly sex pheromone although they were long thought to mate with their females already before emergence within the host. Mated females do no longer respond to the pheromone.
Martina Wendler +2 more
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The quantitative genetic basis of polyandry in the parasitoid wasp, Nasonia vitripennis [PDF]
Heredity, 2006 Understanding the evolution of female multiple mating (polyandry) is crucial for understanding sexual selection and sexual conflict. Despite this interest, little is known about its genetic basis or whether genetics influences the evolutionary origin or maintenance of polyandry.
Shuker, D +4 more
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