Reproductive manipulation: Wolbachia induce host parthenogenesis using a stolen transformer.
Curr Biol
; 34(11): R547-R549, 2024 Jun 03.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38834030
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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01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Parthenogenesis
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Wasps
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Wolbachia
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Curr Biol
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article