Sex determination in the haplodiploid wasp Nasonia vitripennis (Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea): A critical consideration of models and evidence

Leo W. Beukeboom; Albert Kamping; Louis van de Zande

doi:10.1016/j.semcdb.2006.12.015

Sex determination in the haplodiploid wasp Nasonia vitripennis (Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea): A critical consideration of models and evidence

Leo W. Beukeboom^*
, Albert Kamping
, Louis van de Zande

^*Corresponding author for this work

Beukeboom lab - Evolutionary Genetics

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Abstract

Sex determining mechanisms are highly diverse. Like all Hymenoptera, the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis reproduces by haplodiploidy: males are haploid and females are diploid. Sex in Nasonia is not determined by complementary alleles at sex loci. Evidence for several alternative models is considered. Recent studies on a polyploid and a gynandromorphic mutant strain point to a maternal product that is balanced against the number of chromosomal complements in the zygote and a parent-specific (imprinting) effect. Research is now focused on the molecular details of sex determination in Nasonia. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	371-378
Number of pages	8
Journal	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology
Volume	18
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2006.12.015
Publication status	Published - Jun-2007

Keywords

genomic imprinting
hymenoptera
Nasonia
polyploidy
sex determination
FLY MEGASELIA-SCALARIS
MUSCA-DOMESTICA
DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER
GENE DOUBLESEX
REPETITIVE DNA
B-CHROMOSOME
INSECTS
LETHAL
EXPRESSION
EVOLUTION

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Sex determination in the haplodiploid wasp Nasonia vitripennis (Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea): A critical consideration of models and evidence

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