Asobara Explained

Asobara is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Braconidae. It contains around forty species.^[1] The genus is best known for the Drosophila parasitoid Asobara tabida, which is notable as both a model for parasitoid wasp infection in insects, and also as a representative of the hologenome theory of evolution.^{[2] [3] [4]} Asobara tabida is commensally infected with Wolbachia, and cannot reproduce in the absence of Wolbachia infection. As such, the genome of Asobara is directly tied to the genome of its commensal Wolbachia symbiont, and the two are considered to have a hologenome.

Further reading

• Poyet. Mathilde. Havard. Sebastien. Prevost. Genevieve. Chabrerie. Olivier. Doury. Geraldine. Gibert. Patricia. Eslin. Patrice. Resistance of Drosophila suzukii to the larval parasitoids Leptopilina heterotoma and Asobara japonica is related to haemocyte load. Physiological Entomology. 38. 1. 2013. 45–53. 0307-6962. 10.1111/phen.12002. 83653944 .
• Rolff, J., and A. R. Kraaijeveld. "Host preference and survival in selected lines of a Drosophila parasitoid, Asobara tabida." Journal of Evolutionary Biology 14.5 (2001): 742–745.
• Green, D. M., A. R. Kraaijeveld, and H. C. J. Godfray. "Evolutionary interactions between Drosophila melanogaster and its parasitoid Asobara tabida." Heredity85.5 (2000): 450–458.
• Book: Moreau. Sébastien J.M.. Vinchon. Sophie. Cherqui. Anas. Prévost. Geneviève. Chapter 8 Components of Asobara Venoms and their Effects on Hosts. Chapter 8 Components of Asobara Venoms and their Effects on Hosts . Advances in Parasitology . 70. 2009. 217–232. 0065-308X. 10.1016/S0065-308X(09)70008-9. 19773072 . 9780123747921 .
• Mabiala-Moundoungou. A.D.N.. Doury. G.. Eslin. P.. Cherqui. A.. Prévost. G.. Deadly venom of Asobara japonica parasitoid needs ovarian antidote to regulate host physiology. Journal of Insect Physiology. 56. 1. 2010. 35–41. 0022-1910. 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.09.001. 19769980 .

Notes and References

1. Guerrieri . Emilio . Giorgini . Massimo . Cascone . Pasquale . Carpenito . Simona . Achterberg . Cees van . Species Diversity in the Parasitoid Genus Asobara (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Native Area of the Fruit Fly Pest Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) . PLOS ONE . 3 February 2016 . 11 . 2 . e0147382 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0147382 . free . 26840953 . 2016PLoSO..1147382G . en . 1932-6203.
2. Van Alphen. J.J.M.. Janssen. A.R.M.. Host Selection By Asobara Tabida Nees (Braconidae; Alysiinae) a Larval Parasitoid of Fruit Inhabiting Drosophila Species. Netherlands Journal of Zoology. 32. 2. 1981. 194–214. 0028-2960. 10.1163/002829682X00139. 84208667 .
3. Eslin. Patrice. Prévost. Geneviève. Hemocyte load and immune resistance to Asobara tabida are correlated in species of the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup. Journal of Insect Physiology. 44. 9. 1998. 807–816. 0022-1910. 10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00013-4. 12769876 .
4. Dedeine F, Boulétreau M, Vavre F . Wolbachia requirement for oogenesis: occurrence within the genus Asobara (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) and evidence for intraspecific variation in A. tabida. . Heredity (Edinb) . 2005 . 95 . 5 . 394–400 . 16118660 . 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800739 . free .