Virus-Infected Plants Altered the Host Selection of Encarsia formosa, a Parasitoid of Whiteflies [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2017 The sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) is one of the most invasive pest species worldwide. Q and B biotypes are the two most devastating species within the B. tabaci complex. Bemisia tabaci can vector hundreds of plant viruses that seriously
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Plasticity of host selection by malaria vectors of Papua New Guinea. [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2017 BackgroundHost selection is an important determinant of vectorial capacity because malaria transmission increases when mosquitoes feed more on humans than non-humans.
Keven JB +9 more
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Host selection and forage ratio in West Nile virus-transmitting Culex mosquitoes: Challenges and knowledge gaps. [PDF]
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2022 Background To date, no specific therapy or vaccination is available for West Nile virus (WNV) infections in humans; preventive strategies represent the only possibility to control transmission.
Riccetti N +4 more
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Timing matters: age-dependent impacts of the social environment and host selection on the avian gut microbiota. [PDF]
Microbiome, 2022 Background The establishment of the gut microbiota in early life is a critical process that influences the development and fitness of vertebrates. However, the relative influence of transmission from the early social environment and host selection ...
Maraci Ö +7 more
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Strong within-host selection in a maternally inherited obligate symbiont: Buchnera and aphids. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2021 Significance Many animals depend on maternally transmitted symbiotic bacteria that provide nutrients or other benefits. The evolution of these symbionts is complicated: natural selection can act on hosts, favoring symbionts that increase host ...
Perreau J +4 more
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Argasid Ticks of Palearctic Bats: Distribution, Host Selection, and Zoonotic Importance. [PDF]
Front Vet Sci, 2021 The soft ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae) are ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates with a wide geographic distribution, occurring on all continents. These ticks are obligate blood-feeders, most of them show high degrees of host-specialization and several ...
Sándor AD +4 more
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Distribution and Host Selection of Tropical Rat Mite, Ornithonyssus bacoti, in Yunnan Province of Southwest China [PDF]
Animals, 2021 (1) Background: As a species of gamasid mite, the tropical rat mite (Ornithonyssus bacoti) is a common ectoparasite on rodents and some other small mammals. Besides stinging humans to cause dermatitis, O.
Peng-Wu Yin +7 more
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Taste recognition through tarsal gustatory sensilla potentially important for host selection in leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 It is well known that Diptera and Lepidoptera can recognize tastes through their legs, which allows them to select suitable hosts. In Coleoptera, the largest insect order, however, the role of the legs in taste recognition to aid in host selection is ...
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Host Selection of Microbiota via Differential Adhesion [PDF]
Cell Host & Microbe, 2016 The host epithelium is the critical interface with microbial communities, but the mechanisms by which the host regulates these communities are poorly understood. Here we develop the hypothesis that hosts use differential adhesion to select for and against particular members of their microbiota.
Kirstie McLoughlin +4 more
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Microbiome of Co-cultured Fish Exhibits Host Selection and Niche Differentiation at the Organ Scale. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2019 Fish are the most widespread aquaculture species and maintain complex associations with microbial consortiums. However, the ecology of these associations present in multiple microhabitats in fish remains elusive, especially on the microbial assembly in ...
Zhang Z, Li D, Xu W, Tang R, Li L.
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