genome of the hymenopteran parasitoid Nasonia vitripennis are about twice those found in
the genome of another hymenopteran, the honeybee Apis mellifera. Some of the difference
is associated with clades of these families implicated in xenobiotic resistance in other
insects and some is in clades implicated in hormone and pheromone metabolism. The data
support the hypothesis that the eusocial behaviour of the honeybee and the concomitant …