Reproductive manipulation: Wolbachia induce host parthenogenesis using a stolen transformer
Current Biology（2024）
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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