Project description:We quantified genome-wide total and allele-specific expression in two non-social parasitoids wasp species Nasonia vitripennis and Nasonia giraulti and their reciprocal F1 hybrids. No parent-of-origin effect in allelic expression was found for >8,000 informative genes, suggesting lack of genomic imprinting in adult Nasonia. Gene expression divergence between Nv and Ng could be attributed to both significant cis- and trans- regulatory changes during evolution.
Project description:Seasonal photoperiodic changes have strong impact on development in Nasonia vitripennis. Here, Using high-throughput Reduced Representation Bisulfite Sequencing (RRBS) and single-molecule-based sequencing, we generated DNA methylation maps of female wasps maintained in long vs short day. We have identified differential methylated loci that encode the photoperiodic change.
