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Originally published as Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print on October 11, 2005.
Genetics, Vol. 172, 981-989, February 2006, Copyright © 2006
doi:10.1534/genetics.105.044743
No Patrigenes Required for Femaleness in the Haplodiploid Wasp Nasonia vitripennis
Leo W. Beukeboom1 and Albert Kamping
Evolutionary Genetics, Center for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, NL-9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands
1 Corresponding author: Evolutionary Genetics, Center for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, Biological Center, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 14, NL-9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands.
E-mail: l.w.beukeboom{at}rug.nl
The parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis is an emerging model organism for developmental and behavioral genetics. It reproduces by haplodiploidy; males typically develop parthenogenetically from haploid eggs and females from fertilized diploid eggs. A polyploid mutant strain is available in which females are triploid and lay haploid and diploid eggs that normally develop into males when unfertilized. In contrast to previous reports, 
2% of triploid females were found to occasionally produce daughters as well as gynandromorphs from diploid unfertilized eggs. Daughter production increased with age and differed among familial lineages. This is the first report of parthenogenetic female development in Nasonia. The results show that a paternally provided genome is not required for femaleness and call for modifications of existing models of sex determination in Nasonia.
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