This Week in Science

Jan 15, 2010

In Science this week, members of the Nasonia Genome Working Group report on their efforts to sequence and compare the genomes of three parasitoid wasp species in the genus Nasonia. The work is providing information about Nasonia biology and evolution as well as resources for future genetic studies using the wasps as a model organisms.

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