Artificial reproduction in a hymenopteran insect, Athalia rosae, using eggs matured with heterospecific yolk proteins and fertilized with cryopreserved sperm
M. Hatakeyama et al., Artificial reproduction in a hymenopteran insect, Athalia rosae, using eggs matured with heterospecific yolk proteins and fertilized with cryopreserved sperm, ARCH INS B, 43(3), 2000, pp. 137-144
Previtellogenic ovaries of Athalia rosae (Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Tenthredin
idae) were transplanted into the adult female abdominal hemocoel of Athalia
infumata (Symphyta, Tenthredinidae), Arge nigrinodosa (Symphyta, Argidae),
and Pimpla nipponica (Apocrita, Ichneumonidae). The donor oocytes accumula
ted heterospecific yolk proteins and matured in the A. infumata host. On av
erage, six mature oocytes were obtained per transplanted ovary. In contrast
, the donor oocytes accumulated a limited amount of yolk but did not mature
in the Ar. nigrinodosa host and did not even accumulate yolk in the P, nip
ponica host. The eggs that matured in the A. infumata host were injected wi
th cryopreserved A. rosae sperm that had been taken from adult male seminal
vesicles and stored at -80 degrees C. Fertilization, as confirmed by the u
se of visible marker mutations, was achieved and a fraction of the injected
eggs developed into fertile female adults. Arch. Insect Biochem, Physiol.
43:137-144, 2000. (C) 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.