Cytology ofWolbachia-induced parthenogenesis inLeptopilina clavipes(Hymenoptera: Figitidae)
- 1 April 2004
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Genome
- Vol. 47 (2), 299-303
- https://doi.org/10.1139/g03-137
Abstract
Parthenogenesis induced by cytoplasmatically inherited Wolbachia bacteria has been found in a number of arthropod species, mainly Hymenoptera. Previously, two different forms of diploidy restoration have been reported to underlie parthenogenesis induction in Hymenoptera by Wolbachia. Both are a form of gamete duplication, but each differs in their timing. We investigated the cytology of the early embryonic development of a Wolbachia-infected strain of the parasitoid wasp Leptopilina clavipes and compared it with that of an uninfected sexual strain. Both strains have a similar meiosis. In the infected parthenogenetic strain, diploidy is restored by anaphase restitution during the first somatic mitosis, similar to Trichogramma, but not to Muscidifurax. Our results confirm the occurrence of different cytological mechanisms of diploidy restoration associated with parthenogenesis-inducing Wolbachia in the order Hymenoptera.Key words: gamete duplication, Leptopilina clavipes, parthenogenesis, thelytoky, Wolbachia.Keywords
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