Leptopilina heterotoma

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Andra Thiel Bremen University
Vladimir E. Gokhman Moscow State University
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i5K Comments for Leptopilina heterotoma
Leptopilina heterotoma is a parasitic wasp that infects members of the genus Drosophila. Several lab groups are trying to establish it as a model system for host-paraite interactions between eukaryotes in general, and for parasitic wasp biology in particular, as parasitic wasps are our most important (non-Bacillus) biological control organism.

1. It is a generalist parasitoid of Drosophila spp.

2. Genome sizes and karyotypes are known.

3. cDNA libraries of L. heterotoma venom gland available for FISH and physical mapping of its chromosomes.

4. Its fly host, Drosophila, is the best characterized insect. Sequencing of L. heterotoma will be of broad interest as many entomologists utilize genomic and other resources developed by the Drosophila community.

5. Resources in the Drosophila community can be leveraged to support continued progress of the project.

6. D. suzukii infects pears and peaches in the US. L. heterotoma can be used for biocontrol.

L. heterotoma is a parasitic wasp. I have done research with it and have found that it is a generalist across the genus Drosophila--it can successfully infect many different species across the phylogeny. Thus, it is a unique parasite and it would be very beneficial to sequence its genome.		 Shubha Govind
Todd Schlenke
Balint Kacsoh

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Leptopilina heterotoma
Taxonomic classification
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Figitidae
Genus: Leptopilina
NCBI taxid: 485px-US-NLM-NCBI-Logo.png 63436
EOL taxid: eol logo grey.png 3831320
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