Morphology and Ultrastructure of Brain Tissue and Fat Body from the Flesh Fly, Sarcophaga bullata Parker (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), Envenomated by the Ectoparasitic Wasp Nasonia vitripennis (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

This study tested the hypothesis that venom from the ectoparasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis targets brain tissue and fat body from its flesh fly host, Sarcophaga bullata. By 1 h postenvenomation, some brain neurons began to show irregularities in nuclear shape, and though they were predominately euc...

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Main Authors: David B. Rivers, Donald A. Keefer, Ekrem Ergin, Fevzi Uçkan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/520875
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