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Complementary sex determination in the parasitic wasp Diachasmimorpha longicaudata.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Carabajal Paladino Leonela, Muntaabski Irina, Lanzavecchia Silvia, Le Bagousse-Pinguet Yoann, Viscarret Mariana, Juri Marianela, Fueyo-Sánchez Luciana, Papeschi Alba, Cladera Jorge, Bressa María José
Abstract excerpt
We studied the sex determination in Diachasmimorpha longicaudata, a parasitoid braconid wasp widely used as biological control agent of fruit pest tephritid flies. We tested the complementary sex determination hypothesis (CSD) known in at least 60 species of Hymenoptera. According to CSD, male or female development depends on the allelic composition of one sex locus (single-locus CSD) or multiple sex loci...
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