Parasitoid wasps, belonging to the family Hymenoptera ... melanogaster, the research team identified two venom genes termed imaginal disc degradation factors (IDDFs). IDDF is required to degrade ...

An extinct lineage of parasitic wasps dating from the mid-Cretaceous period and preserved in amber may have used their Venus ...

Researchers have just learned how parasitoid wasps rapidly develop new venoms via an often overlooked evolutionary mode of acquiring new genes. Parasitoid wasps use venom to alter the metabolism, ...