寄生蜂物种间的基因组大小变化较大，目前已知最小的为40 Mb左右而最大的则超过了2 Gb（图2）。近期的比较基因组研究表明，寄生蜂基因组大小的变化与其中的转座子含量显著相关。进一步的分析表明，不同类型的转座子在不同寄生蜂的基因组大小演化中扮演重要角色 ...

One of the world's rarest birds has been handed a much-needed lifeline by a small parasitoid wasp species. This was part of a ...

Researchers in Mississippi have discovered a previously unknown species of parasitoid wasp that matures inside the bodies of living, adult fruit flies before bursting out of them like a xenomorph ...

The Wilkins’ Bunting birds, a rare species living on the Nightingale Island in the South Atlantic, won’t go extinct anytime ...

More information: Logan D. Moore et al, Drosophila are hosts to the first described parasitoid wasp of adult flies, Nature ...

A new species of wasp has been discovered parasitizing adult fruit flies – the first of its kind ever documented. Parasitoid wasps' life cycles can get pretty gruesome (at least from the ...

Delve into the dark world of parasitic wasps and discover their grisly takeovers of living caterpillars. Becoming a butterfly is a dangerous game, and it's easy for caterpillars to fall victim to some ...

Associate Professor Matthew Ballinger’s article “Drosophila are hosts to the first described parasitoid wasp of adult flies” in the world’s leading science journal highlights the discovery of a new ...

Parasitoid wasps of the genus Aphidius are beneficial insects in agroecosystems and play an important role in the biological control of cereal aphids; economically important pests that threaten the ...

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Many wasps take advantage of fresh food sources in their natural environment, such as other insects and spiders. Parasitoid wasps use other insects as hosts for their offspring, eating them alive and ...

To control the infestation, the groups introduced parasitoid wasps known as Microterys nietneri to the isolated island to combat the scale insects. “This project shows what can be achieved in ...