Disentangling a holobiont – recent advances and perspectives in Nasonia wasps

The parasitoid wasp genus Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) is a well-established model organism for insect development, evolutionary genetics, speciation and symbiosis. The host-microbiota assemblage which constitutes the Nasonia holobiont (a host together with all its associated microbes) consis...

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Main Authors: Jessica Dittmer, Edward J van Opstal, J. Dylan Shropshire, Seth R. Bordenstein, Greg D. D. Hurst, Robert M. Brucker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01478/full