Communications Biology (Feb 2023)

Intrasexual cuticular hydrocarbon dimorphism in a wasp sheds light on hydrocarbon biosynthesis genes in Hymenoptera

  • Victoria C. Moris,
  • Lars Podsiadlowski,
  • Sebastian Martin,
  • Jan Philip Oeyen,
  • Alexander Donath,
  • Malte Petersen,
  • Jeanne Wilbrandt,
  • Bernhard Misof,
  • Daniel Liedtke,
  • Markus Thamm,
  • Ricarda Scheiner,
  • Thomas Schmitt,
  • Oliver Niehuis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04370-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Transcriptomic and molecular analyses on Hymenoptera facilitated identification of cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) pathway genes, whose phylogenetic distribution implies that the origin of CHC biosynthesis predates the arthropods’ colonization of land.