Host and venom evolution in parasitoid wasps: does independently adapting to the same host shape the evolution of the venom gland transcriptome?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Venoms have repeatedly evolved over 100 occasions throughout the animal tree of life, making them excellent systems for exploring convergent evolutionary novelty. Growing evidence supports that venom evolution is predominantly driven by prey or host-related selection pressures, and the expression patterns of venom glands reflect adaptive evolution. However, it remains elusive whether the evolution of expression patterns in venom glands is likewise a convergent evolution driven by their prey/host species.

Results

We utilized parasitoid wasps that had independently adapted to Drosophila hosts as models to investigate the convergent evolution of venom gland transcriptomes in 19 hymenopteran species spanning ~ 200 million years of evolution. Comparative transcriptome

SUBMITTER: Yang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11328476 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature