Wolbachia-Driven Memory Loss in a Parasitic Wasp Increases Superparasitism to Enhance Horizontal Transmission

Wolbachia-Driven Memory Loss in a Parasitic Wasp Increases Superparasitism to Enhance Horizontal Transmission

ABSTRACT Horizontal transmission of the endosymbiont, Wolbachia, may occur during superparasitism when parasitoid females deposit a second clutch of eggs on a host. Wolbachia may increase the superparasitism tendency of Trichogramma wasps by depriving their memory. To test this hypothesis, we invest...

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Main Authors: Jin-Cheng Zhou, Xu Zhao, Liang-Xiao Huo, Dan Shang, Hui Dong, Li-Sheng Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-12-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
Trichogramma
Wolbachia
behavioral manipulation
memory loss
superparasitism
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.02362-22

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