Endosymbiont-free ants: Molecular biological evidence that neither Wolbachia, Cardinium or any other bacterial endosymbionts play a role in thelytokous parthenogenesis in the harvester ant species, Messor barbarus and M. capitatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Thelytokous parthenogenesis is a type of sex determination in which females are produced from unfertilized eggs. Genetic and endosymbiont-induced forms of thelytoky have been described in the Hymenoptera. Our study has revealed that Wolbachia, Cardinium, Spiroplasma and other endosymbionts are proba...
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| author | Paloma MARTÍNEZ-RODRÍGUEZ Jonás SARASA Begoña PECO Berta M. JAUREGUI Desiree RIVERA Jose L. BELLA |
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| description | Thelytokous parthenogenesis is a type of sex determination in which females are produced from unfertilized eggs. Genetic and endosymbiont-induced forms of thelytoky have been described in the Hymenoptera. Our study has revealed that Wolbachia, Cardinium, Spiroplasma and other endosymbionts are probably absent in Iberian populations of harvester ants, Messor barbarus and Messor capitatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) and are thus not involved as factors in the sex determination of these two species. Our results lend weight to previous suggestions that bacterial parthenogenesis induction in Hymenoptera is probably limited to the reproductive systems of chalcidoid and cynipoid parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Apocrita: Chalcidoidea and Cynipoidea, respectively). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d7f3224d23264c10b2a50c54317b4a152022-12-21T22:06:04ZengInstitute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of ScienceEuropean Journal of Entomology1210-57591802-88292013-04-01110219720410.14411/eje.2013.030eje-201302-0003Endosymbiont-free ants: Molecular biological evidence that neither Wolbachia, Cardinium or any other bacterial endosymbionts play a role in thelytokous parthenogenesis in the harvester ant species, Messor barbarus and M. capitatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Paloma MARTÍNEZ-RODRÍGUEZ0Jonás SARASA1Begoña PECO2Berta M. JAUREGUI3Desiree RIVERA4Jose L. BELLA5Departamento de Biología (Genética), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/ Darwin 2, E-28049 Madrid, Spain; e-mails: paloma.martinez@uam.es; jonas.sarasa@uam.es; bella@uam.esDepartamento de Biología (Genética), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/ Darwin 2, E-28049 Madrid, Spain; e-mails: paloma.martinez@uam.es; jonas.sarasa@uam.es; bella@uam.esDepartamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/ Darwin 2, E-28049 Madrid, Spain; e-mails: begonna.peco@uam.es; desi.rivera@gmail.comServicio de I+D+i. Obrascón Huarte Lain S.A., Pº de la Castellana 259D, Torre Espacio, 28046 Madrid, Spain; e-mail: berta7punto@yahoo.esDepartamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/ Darwin 2, E-28049 Madrid, Spain; e-mails: begonna.peco@uam.es; desi.rivera@gmail.comDepartamento de Biología (Genética), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/ Darwin 2, E-28049 Madrid, Spain; e-mails: paloma.martinez@uam.es; jonas.sarasa@uam.es; bella@uam.esThelytokous parthenogenesis is a type of sex determination in which females are produced from unfertilized eggs. Genetic and endosymbiont-induced forms of thelytoky have been described in the Hymenoptera. Our study has revealed that Wolbachia, Cardinium, Spiroplasma and other endosymbionts are probably absent in Iberian populations of harvester ants, Messor barbarus and Messor capitatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) and are thus not involved as factors in the sex determination of these two species. Our results lend weight to previous suggestions that bacterial parthenogenesis induction in Hymenoptera is probably limited to the reproductive systems of chalcidoid and cynipoid parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Apocrita: Chalcidoidea and Cynipoidea, respectively).https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-201302-0003_Endosymbiont-free_ants_Molecular_biological_evidence_that_neither_Wolbachia_Cardinium_or_any_other_bacterial.phpwolbachiacardiniumspiroplasmaendosymbiontsformicidaemessorthelytokous parthenogenesis |
| spellingShingle | Paloma MARTÍNEZ-RODRÍGUEZ Jonás SARASA Begoña PECO Berta M. JAUREGUI Desiree RIVERA Jose L. BELLA Endosymbiont-free ants: Molecular biological evidence that neither Wolbachia, Cardinium or any other bacterial endosymbionts play a role in thelytokous parthenogenesis in the harvester ant species, Messor barbarus and M. capitatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) European Journal of Entomology wolbachia cardinium spiroplasma endosymbionts formicidae messor thelytokous parthenogenesis |
| title | Endosymbiont-free ants: Molecular biological evidence that neither Wolbachia, Cardinium or any other bacterial endosymbionts play a role in thelytokous parthenogenesis in the harvester ant species, Messor barbarus and M. capitatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |
| title_full | Endosymbiont-free ants: Molecular biological evidence that neither Wolbachia, Cardinium or any other bacterial endosymbionts play a role in thelytokous parthenogenesis in the harvester ant species, Messor barbarus and M. capitatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |
| title_fullStr | Endosymbiont-free ants: Molecular biological evidence that neither Wolbachia, Cardinium or any other bacterial endosymbionts play a role in thelytokous parthenogenesis in the harvester ant species, Messor barbarus and M. capitatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Endosymbiont-free ants: Molecular biological evidence that neither Wolbachia, Cardinium or any other bacterial endosymbionts play a role in thelytokous parthenogenesis in the harvester ant species, Messor barbarus and M. capitatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |
| title_short | Endosymbiont-free ants: Molecular biological evidence that neither Wolbachia, Cardinium or any other bacterial endosymbionts play a role in thelytokous parthenogenesis in the harvester ant species, Messor barbarus and M. capitatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |
| title_sort | endosymbiont free ants molecular biological evidence that neither wolbachia cardinium or any other bacterial endosymbionts play a role in thelytokous parthenogenesis in the harvester ant species messor barbarus and m capitatus hymenoptera formicidae |
| topic | wolbachia cardinium spiroplasma endosymbionts formicidae messor thelytokous parthenogenesis |
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