Wasps

"Wasps" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Any of numerous winged hymenopterous insects of social as well as solitary habits and having formidable stings.

Descriptor ID	D014863
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.875.900
Concept/Terms	Wasps Wasps Wasp Yellow Jackets Yellow Jackets Jacket, Yellow Jackets, Yellow Yellow Jacket Hornets Hornets Hornet

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Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Invertebrates [B01.050.500]
Arthropods [B01.050.500.131]
Insecta [B01.050.500.131.617]
Pterygota [B01.050.500.131.617.720]
Neoptera [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500]
Holometabola [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500]
Hymenoptera [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.875]
Wasps [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.875.900]

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Bar chart showing 26 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2009

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	1	0	1
2000	1	0	1
2001	1	0	1
2002	2	0	2
2005	1	0	1
2006	2	0	2
2007	1	0	1
2009	3	1	4
2010	1	0	1
2012	2	0	2
2013	1	1	2
2014	1	0	1
2017	0	1	1
2020	1	0	1
2021	2	0	2
2023	1	0	1
2024	1	0	1
2025	1	0	1

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Chou J, Li MZ, Wey B, Mumtaz M, Ramroop JR, Singh S, Govind S. Venomous Cargo: Diverse Toxin-Related Proteins Are Associated with Extracellular Vesicles in Parasitoid Wasp Venom. Pathogens. 2025 Mar 05; 14(3).

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Popovici OA, Fallahzadeh M, Saghaei N, Copeland R, Talamas E. A new species-group in Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) takes shape. Zootaxa. 2024 Jun 05; 5463(2):201-214.

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Cruaud A, Rasplus JY, Zhang J, Burks R, Delvare G, Fusu L, Gumovsky A, Huber JT, Jan?ta P, Mitroiu MD, Noyes JS, van Noort S, Baker A, B?hmov? J, Baur H, Blaimer BB, Brady SG, Buben?kov? K, Chartois M, Copeland RS, Dale-Skey Papilloud N, Dal Molin A, Dominguez C, Gebiola M, Guerrieri E, Kresslein RL, Krogmann L, Lemmon E, Murray EA, Nidelet S, Nieves-Aldrey JL, Perry RK, Peters RS, Polaszek A, Saun? L, Torr?ns J, Triapitsyn S, Tselikh EV, Yoder M, Lemmon AR, Woolley JB, Heraty JM. The Chalcidoidea bush of life: evolutionary history of a massive radiation of minute wasps. Cladistics. 2024 02; 40(1):34-63.

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Rozanski AN, Cini A, Lopreto TE, Gandia KM, Hauber ME, Cervo R, Uy FMK. Differential investment in visual and olfactory brain regions is linked to the sensory needs of a wasp social parasite and its host. J Comp Neurol. 2022 03; 530(4):756-767.

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Ramroop JR, Heavner ME, Razzak ZH, Govind S. A parasitoid wasp of Drosophila employs preemptive and reactive strategies to deplete its host's blood cells. PLoS Pathog. 2021 05; 17(5):e1009615.

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Wey B, Heavner ME, Wittmeyer KT, Briese T, Hopper KR, Govind S. Immune Suppressive Extracellular Vesicle Proteins of Leptopilina heterotoma Are Encoded in the Wasp Genome. G3 (Bethesda). 2020 01 07; 10(1):1-12.

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Heavner ME, Ramroop J, Gueguen G, Ramrattan G, Dolios G, Scarpati M, Kwiat J, Bhattacharya S, Wang R, Singh S, Govind S. Novel Organelles with Elements of Bacterial and Eukaryotic Secretion Systems Weaponize Parasites of Drosophila. Curr Biol. 2017 Sep 25; 27(18):2869-2877.e6.

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Mik? I, Copeland RS, Balhoff JP, Yoder MJ, Deans AR. Folding wings like a cockroach: a review of transverse wing folding ensign wasps (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae: Afrevania and Trissevania). PLoS One. 2014; 9(5):e94056.

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Small C, Ramroop J, Otazo M, Huang LH, Saleque S, Govind S. An unexpected link between notch signaling and ROS in restricting the differentiation of hematopoietic progenitors in Drosophila. Genetics. 2014 Jun; 197(2):471-83.

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Heavner ME, Gueguen G, Rajwani R, Pagan PE, Small C, Govind S. Partial venom gland transcriptome of a Drosophila parasitoid wasp, Leptopilina heterotoma, reveals novel and shared bioactive profiles with stinging Hymenoptera. Gene. 2013 Sep 10; 526(2):195-204.

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