Parasitoid Wasp
Recombination and its impact on the genome of the haplodiploid parasitoid wasp Nasonia
... the parasitoid wasp and the eusocial honeybee is therefore not ...the parasitoid wasp has estimated recombination rates,1 cM/Mb (Figure ...the parasitoid wasp could be due to the ...
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Sexual selection and sex allocation in the gregarious parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis
... Hamilton's theory of Local Mate Competition predicts females ovipositing alone on a resource patch (termed single-foundresses) will lay broods consisting of only daughters. We call this prediction “Hamilton's zero”. This ...
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The Bracovirus Genome of the Parasitoid Wasp Cotesia congregata Is Amplified within 13 Replication Units, Including Sequences Not Packaged in the Particles
... braconid wasp ovaries, except a nudiviral helicase and a flap endonuclease we have recently identified by a probabilistic method (22, ...the wasp replication ma- chinery (7, 8, ...in parasitoid ...
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The effect of air resistance on the jump performance of a small parasitoid wasp, Anagyrus pseudococci (Encyrtidae)
... Anagyrus pseudococci (Encyrtidae) is a small (body length <2.5 mm; Table 1) parasitoid wasp. Although not the smallest species, these wasps are members of the superfamily Chalcidoidea, many of which are ...
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Differential gene expression is not required for facultative sex allocation : a transcriptome analysis of brain tissue in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis
... Transcriptome studies can approach the genetic basis of behaviour in two ways. First, surveys of expressed genes can identify what genes and gene networks are associated with the performance of a behaviour. Recent ...
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Octopamine partially restores walking in hypokinetic cockroaches stung by the parasitoid wasp Ampulex compressa
... some parasitoid wasps manufacture venoms that manipulate the host behavior to suit the developmental need of their offspring (Libersat and Gal, ...The parasitoid wasp Ampulex compressa hijacks the ...
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A female emitted pheromone component is associated with reduced male courtship in the parasitoid wasp Spalangia endius
... During courtship interactions, the courted individual may not always be prepared to mate. For example, mating or courtship may be detrimental to its fitness and resistance is expected under these circumstances. As such, ...
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Wolbachia increases the susceptibility of a parasitoid wasp to hyperparasitism
... the parasitoid wasp Hyposoter horticola in the Åland Islands (Finland), the Wolbachia strain wHho persists at an intermediate prevalence ( ∼ ...hyperparasitoid wasp, Mesochorus ...the wasp to ...
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Sex allocation theory reveals a hidden cost of neonicotinoid exposure in a parasitoid wasp
... Sex allocation theory has proved to be one the most successful theories in evol- utionary ecology. However, its role in more applied aspects of ecology has been limited. Here we show how sex allocation theory helps ...
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Unique features of odorant-binding proteins of the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis revealed by genome annotation and comparative analyses
... Insects are the most diverse group of animals on the planet, comprising over 90% of all metazoan life forms, and have adapted to a wide diversity of ecosystems in nearly all environments. They have evolved highly ...
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Multi trait mimicry of ants by a parasitoid wasp
... Many animals avoid attack from predators through toxicity or the emission of repellent chemicals. Defensive mimicry has evolved in many species to deceive shared predators, for instance through colouration and other ...
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Oviposition but not sex allocation is associated with transcriptomic changes in females of the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis
... The parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis has been the focus of much research on sex allocation behavior. Females of this species allocate the sex of their offspring in line with the local mate competition ...
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Convergent development of a parasitoid wasp on three host species with differing mass and growth potential.
... the parasitoid than when they were parasitized (Mackauer & Sequeira, ...and parasitoid fitness correlates is often more difficult to predict with koinobionts than with ...the parasitoid to ...
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Correlations Between Body Angles and Substrate Curvature in the Parasitoid Wasp Trichogramma Minutum: A Possible Mechanism of Host Radius Measurement
... R model radius; A flagellar tip most distal and anterior point on the terminal flagellar segment funicle; B flagellar-scapal joint articulation of the antennal pedicel and scape, most do[r] ...
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SON-KILLER: A THIRD EXTRACHROMOSOMAL FACTOR AFFECTING THE SEX RATIO IN THE PARASITOID WASP, NASONIA (=MORMONIELLA) VITRIPENNIS
... T o assay for contagious transmission of son-killer, exposed (ScDr) females from each host were isolated, pair mated and given hosts to obtain sex ratios.. Unexpec[r] ...
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Unusual Baculovirus of the Parasitoid Wasp Apanteles melanoscelus: Isolation and Preliminary Characterization
... Whereas molecular weight data given here are for open circular DNA extracted from crude calyx fluid only, it is now clear that DNA isolated from particles that were purified and digested[r] ...
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Heat stress affects facultative symbiont-mediated protection from a parasitoid wasp
... X-type an the symbiont Spi oplasma r sp.. faba see lings. on the ay afte exposu e to the pa asitoi )... Simila ly, it is possible that in ou aphi line X-typer[r] ...
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Measurement of Host Curvature by The Parasitoid Wasp Trichogramma Minutum, and Its Effect on Host Examination and Progeny Allocation
... We have previously shown that reduction of the exposed surface area of a host results in a reduction in the number of progeny allocated to the apparently smaller hosts Schmidt & Smith, 1[r] ...
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Correlation between changes in host behaviour and octopamine levels in the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta parasitized by the gregarious braconid parasitoid wasp Cotesia congregata
... The presence of the parasitoid larvae is necessary and probably sufficient to induce a decline in host feeding. Injections of polydnavirus alone do not suppress feeding; in fact, virally infected M. sexta continue ...
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Venom of a parasitoid wasp induces prolonged grooming in the cockroach
... Dopamine has been found to be a component of the venom of several species of social Hymenoptera (for reviews, see Nakajima, 1986; Banks and Shipolini, 1986). The effect of the dopamine in these other venoms has not yet ...
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