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Nasonia vitripennis
Protocols: Virgin females were exposed to virgin males and allowed to fully complete all aspects of courtship and copulation. Females were held for a period of 30 minutes or 4-hours post-mating in individual tubes in a 25 degree incubator Female heads and bodies were seperated in RNAlater-ice prior to RNA extraction RNA was extracted from samples using Quiagen's RNAeasy kit