Reproductive manipulation: Wolbachia induce host parthenogenesis using a stolen transformer.
Curr Biol
; 34(11): R547-R549, 2024 Jun 03.
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ABSTRACT
The Wolbachia strain that infects the parasitoid wasp Encarsia formosa induces female-producing parthenogenesis. A new study shows that a Wolbachia-encoded gene has replaced the use of the ancestral wasp homologue that normally controls sexual reproduction, resulting in parthenogenesis.
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Partenogénesis
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Avispas
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Wolbachia
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En
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Curr Biol
Asunto de la revista:
BIOLOGIA
Año:
2024
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Article