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- Title
Occurrence of arrhenotoky and thelytoky in a parasitic wasp Venturia canescens (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): Effect of endosymbionts or existence of two distinct reproductive modes?
- Authors
FORAY, VINCENT; HENRI1, HÉLÈNE; MARTINEZ, SONIA; GIBERT, PATRICIA; DESOUHANT, EMMANUEL
- Abstract
Endosymbiotic organisms are known to manipulate the reproductive biology of their hosts. Incomplete prevalence of endosymbiont inducing thelytokous parthenogenesis results in the coexistence of sexual and asexual individuals, and could account for the maintenance of sexual reproduction in certain populations or species. In the parasitoid Venturia canescens, arrhenotokous ("sexual") and thelytokous ("asexual") individuals occur sympatrically. We aimed to determine whether endosymbionts are implicated in the thelytoky of V. canescens. After screening females of the two reproductive modes for several reproductive parasites: bacteria (Wolbachia, Rickettsia, Bacteroidetes, Spiroplasma, Arsenophonus) and Microsporidia, we concluded that thelytoky in V. canescens is not induced by any of these parasites and confirmed its suitability as a biological model for solving the evolutionary enigma of the maintenance of sexual reproduction.
- Subjects
ENDOSYMBIOSIS; PARASITIC wasps; VENTURIA; HYMENOPTERA; COEXISTENCE of species; WASPS; REPRODUCTION; BEHAVIOR
- Publication
European Journal of Entomology, 2013, Vol 110, Issue 1, p103
- ISSN
1210-5759
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14411/eje.2013.014