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A maternal gene mutation correlates with an ovary phenotype in a parthenogenetic wasp population.
Insect biochemistry and molecular biology - 1 May 1999
Beck M, Siekmann G, Li D, Theopold U, Schmidt O
Abstract excerpt
Endoparasitoid wasps rely on maternal protein secretions, including viruses and virus-like particles (VLPs), to overcome host defense reactions. In the ichneumonid Venturia canescens, VLPs are assembled in the nuclei of ovarian calyx gland cells, secreted into the lumen of the gland, and eventually transmitted into the host caterpillar together with the parasitoid egg. One of the genes coding for VLP proteins,...
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