Parasitization by Cotesia chilonis influences gene expression in fatbody and hemocytes of Chilo suppressalis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During oviposition many parasitoid wasps inject various factors, such as polydnaviruses (PDVs), along with eggs that manipulate the physiology and development of their hosts. These manipulations are thought to benefit the parasites. However, the detailed mechanisms of insect host-parasitoid interactions are not fully understood at the molecular level. Based on recent findings that some parasitoids influence gene expression in their hosts, we posed the hypothesis that parasitization by a braconid wasp, Cotesia chilonis, influences the expression of genes responsible for development, metabolism and immune functions in the fatbody and hemocytes of its host, Chilo suppressalis.

Methodology/principal findings

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SUBMITTER: Wu SF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3781088 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature