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Sensory Arsenal on the Stinger of the Parasitoid Jewel Wasp and Its Possible Role in Identifying Cockroach Brains

The parasitoid jewel wasp uses cockroaches as live food supply for its developing larva. To this end, the adult wasp stings a cockroach and injects venom directly inside its brain, turning the prey into a submissive ‘zombie’. Here, we characterize the sensory arsenal on the wasp’s stinger that enabl...

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Main Authors: Gal, Ram, Kaiser, Maayan, Haspel, Gal, Libersat, Frederic
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3935893/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24586962
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089683
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