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But little is known about how venom gland cells precisely regulate venom synthesis. Here, we used single\u2010nucleus RNA sequencing to construct the cell atlases of the venom gland and ovary of the\n                    <jats:italic>Pteromalus puparum<\/jats:italic>\n                    , a natural enemy of vegetable pests. The cells in the venom gland were clustered into six subsets, and the main cell types in the ovary were follicle cells, germline cells and nurse cells. The cellular function of venom gland subsets named VgC1 to VgC6 was enriched in the production and secretion of venom. In addition, the expression pattern of identified venom genes that 77 genes expressed across all six VgCs and 46 genes in five VgCs, demonstrated that most venom genes expressed widely in VgCs. 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