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Master of Puppets: How Microbiota Drive the Nematoda Ecology and Evolution?

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 8, August 2025.
The nematode microbiota can influence life‐history traits, thereby shaping the species' ecology and evolutionary trajectories. ABSTRACT In recent decades, the microbiota has emerged as a key driver of biological functions in metazoans, and nematodes are no exception.
Víctor José Trejo‐Meléndez, Jorge Contreras‐Garduño   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Origins of asexuality in Bryobia mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) [PDF]

, 2008
Background Obligate asexual reproduction is rare in the animal kingdom. Generally, asexuals are considered evolutionary dead ends that are unable to radiate. The phytophagous mite genus Bryobia contains a large number of asexual species.
Johannes A.J. Breeuwer, Ros Vera ID, Steph B.J. Menken, Menken Steph BJ, Breeuwer, J.A.J., Menken, S.B.J., Breeuwer Johannes AJ, Ros, V.I.D., Vera I.D. Ros   +8 more
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Comparative screening of endosymbiotic bacteria associated with the asexual and sexual lineages of the termite Glyptotermes nakajimai

Communicative & Integrative Biology, 2019
Males provide opportunities both for sexual reproduction and for sex-based phenotypic differences within animal societies. In termites, the ubiquitous presence of both male and female workers and soldiers indicate that males play a critical role in ...
Toshihisa Yashiro, Nathan Lo
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Foraging by predatory ants: A review

Insect Science, Volume 32, Issue 4, Page 1096-1118, August 2025.
This review focuses on ecological and behavioral characteristics of foraging in ants showing the wide diversity of cases. Most ants can feed on sugary substances, but some ground‐nesting species are strict predators. Except army ants during the nomadic phase, they are central‐place foragers that can recruit nestmates when necessary. They prey mostly on
Alain Dejean, Jérôme Orivel, Xim Cerdá, Frédéric Azémar, Bruno Corbara, Axel Touchard   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wolbachia infection in the tribe Naupactini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae): association between thelytokous parthenogenesis and infection status

Insect Molecular Biology, 2010
Abstract Several parthenogenetic species of broad‐nosed weevils exist, some of them of economic importance because of their pest status. Screening of the maternally inherited Wolbachia bacterium in 29 weevils of the tribe Naupactini, using multilocus sequence typing allowed ...
Rodriguero, Marcela Silvina, Confalonieri, Viviana Andrea, Guedes, J. V. C., Lanteri, Analia Alicia   +3 more
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Loss of males from mixed-sex societies in termites

BMC Biology, 2018
Background Sexual reproduction is the norm in almost all animal species, and in many advanced animal societies, both males and females participate in social activities.
Toshihisa Yashiro, Nathan Lo, Kazuya Kobayashi, Tomonari Nozaki, Taro Fuchikawa, Nobuaki Mizumoto, Yusuke Namba, Kenji Matsuura   +7 more
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Thelytokous Parthenogenesis in the Ant Strumigenys hexamera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 2013
Abstract Strumigenys hexamera (Brown) is a terrestrial ant nesting exclusively in the soil and specialized in predation on diplurans and small-sized myriapods (symphyllans and centipedes). Its colony is monogynous and previous dissections of the queens had suggested that they were uninseminated, thus they could reproduce thelytokously ...
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Data from: Sex at the margins: parthenogenesis vs. facultative and obligate sex in a Neotropical ant

, 2012
Geographic parthenogenesis is a distribution pattern, in which parthenogenetic populations tend to live in marginal habitats, at higher latitudes and altitudes and island-like habitats compared with the sexual forms. The facultatively parthenogenetic ant
Kellner, Katrin, Heinze, Juergen, Seal, Jon N.   +2 more
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Embryogenesis in Myrmicine Ants Combines Features of Short Germ‐Band Development With a Progressive Mode of Segmentation

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, Volume 344, Issue 5, Page 284-302, July 2025.
Different insect species exhibit remarkable diversity in the developmental trajectories from fertilized eggs to hatching larvae. For three myrmicine ant species, we observe a novel combination of a developmental features: small embryonic primordia, a mode of embryogenesis termed short/intermediate germ‐band development, and progressive establishment of
Chi‐Chun Fang, Arjuna Rajakumar, Andrew Kenny, Ulrich G. Mueller, Ehab Abouheif, David Stein   +5 more
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Sex at the margins: parthenogenesis vs. facultative and obligate sex in a Neotropical ant

, 2013
Geographic parthenogenesis is a distribution pattern, in which parthenogenetic populations tend to live in marginal habitats, at higher latitudes and altitudes and island-like habitats compared with the sexual forms. The facultatively parthenogenetic ant
Kellner, K., Heinze, J., Seal, J. N.
core   +1 more source