ArticleBMC genomics2020
Genomics of sex allocation in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis.
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- Genomic prediction in insects: a case study on wing morphology traits in the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Article
- Sex-allocation trade-offs and their genetic architecture revealed by experimental evolution.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Egg Allocation onInsects · 2025Article
- A chromosomal-level genome assembly of Trichogramma chilonis Ishii, 1941 (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae).Scientific data · 2025Article
- Maternal body size affects sex allocation in a gregarious parasitoid.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2024Article
- Genetic, morphometric, and molecular analyses of interspecies differences in head shape and hybrid developmental defects in the wasp genus Nasonia.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundWhilst adaptive facultative sex allocation has been widely studied at the phenotypic level across a broad range of organisms, we still know remarkably little about its genetic architecture. Here, we explore the genome-wide basis of sex ratio variation in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis, perhaps the best studied organism in terms of sex allocation, and well known for its response to local mate competition.
resultsWe performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for single foundress sex ratios using iso-female lines derived from the recently developed outbred N. vitripennis laboratory strain HVRx. The iso-female lines capture a sample of the genetic variation in HVRx and we present them as the first iteration of the Nasonia vitripennis Genome Reference Panel (NVGRP 1.0). This panel provides an assessment of the standing genetic variation for sex ratio in the study population. Using the NVGRP, we discovered a cluster of 18 linked SNPs, encompassing 9 annotated loci associated with sex ratio variation. Furthermore, we found evidence that sex ratio has a shared genetic basis with clutch size on three different chromosomes.
conclusionsOur approach provides a thorough description of the quantitative genetic basis of sex ratio variation in Nasonia at the genome level and reveals a number of inter-related candidate loci underlying sex allocation regulation.
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