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Recent infection by Wolbachia alters microbial communities in wild Laodelphax striatellus populations

Microbiome, 2020
Host-associated microbial communities play an important role in the fitness of insect hosts. However, the factors shaping microbial communities in wild populations, including genetic background, ecological factors, and interactions among microbial ...
Xing-Zhi Duan, Jing-Tao Sun, Lin-Ting Wang, Xiaomei Shu, Yan-Fei Guo, Matsukura Keiichiro, Yu‐Xi Zhu, Xiaoli Bing, A. Hoffmann, X. Hong   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Symbiosis As The Way Of Eukaryotic Life: The Dependent Co-Origination Of The Body [PDF]

, 2014
Molecular analyses of symbiotic relationships are challenging our biological definitions of individuality and supplanting them with a new notion of normal part whole relationships. This new notion is that of a \u27holobiont\u27, a consortium of organisms
Gilbert, Scott F.
core   +2 more sources

Stabilizing adaptation in an invasive species: Alfalfa weevil as a case study

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 573-589, November 2025.
Comparison of thermal thresholds, fecundity and longevity across three alfalfa weevil strains (California in the United States, Hamadan in Iran, Ebro Valley in Spain) reveal significant differences in demographic parameters. Weather‐driven physiologically based demographic models (PBDMs) developed from life table data explore strain adaptation to ...
Andrew Paul Gutierrez, Luigi Ponti, Alexandre Levi‐Mourao, Xavier Pons, José Ricardo Cure, Markus Neteler, George Simmons   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wolbachia pipientis occurs in Aedes aegypti populations in New Mexico and Florida, USA

Ecology and Evolution, 2019
The mosquitoes Aedes aegypti (L.) and Ae. albopictus Skuse are the major vectors of dengue, Zika, yellow fever, and chikungunya viruses worldwide. Wolbachia, an endosymbiotic bacterium present in many insects, is being utilized in novel vector control ...
Aditi Kulkarni, Wanqin Yu, Jinjin Jiang, Concepcion Sanchez, Ajit K. Karna, Kalli J. L. Martinez, Kathryn A. Hanley, Michaela Buenemann, Immo A. Hansen, Rui‐de Xue, Paul Ettestad, Sandra Melman, Dagne Duguma, Mustapha Debboun, Jiannong Xu   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparisons of host mitochondrial, nuclear and endosymbiont bacterial genes reveal cryptic fig wasp species and the effects of Wolbachia on host mtDNA evolution and diversity [PDF]

, 2011
Background Figs and fig-pollinating wasp species usually display a highly specific one-to-one association. However, more and more studies have revealed that the "one-to-one" rule has been broken. Co-pollinators have been reported, but we do not yet know
A Jeyaprakash, A Telschow, A Telschow, AB Ware, AR Rogers, AV Brower, C Kerdelhue, C Lopez-Vaamonde, CA Machado, D Molbo, Da-Wei Huang, DD Shoemaker, DD Shoemaker, DD Shoemaker, E Baudry, E Haine, ER Haine, F Tajima, FM Jiggins, G Michaloud, GD Hurst, Gui Feng, J Rasgon, J Seger, James M Cook, JH Werren, JH Werren, Jin-Hua Xiao, JM Cook, JM Cook, JT Wiebes, JW Ballard, K Tamura, KL Simonsen, L Viljakainen, LL Chen, O Folmer, P Librado, PD Hebert, PD Hebert, S Aris-Brosou, S Kambhampati, SG Compton, SL Dobson, SL O'Neill, SR Bordenstein, T White, TL Whitworth, Xiao-Jing Sun, YQ Peng, YW Li, Z Bouček   +51 more
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Genomic Evolution and Patterns of Horizontal Gene Transfer in Coccomorpha Species

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 10, October 2025.
This study reveals the genomic adaptations of Coccoidea pests through comparative analysis of five chromosome‐level genomes. Key findings include whole‐genome duplication events, expansion of antioxidant‐related gene families, horizontal gene transfer for nutrient metabolism, and species‐specific detoxification mechanisms linked to pesticide resistance.
Yi‐Xin Huang, Ji‐Mu Lv, Cheng‐Yang Ding, Xin‐Yi Zheng, Xing‐Jie Liu, Xiao‐Nan Chen, Shun‐Hai Yu, Yin‐Feng Meng, Hao‐Yuan Hu, Xu Wang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Wolbachia nuclease and its binding partner provide a distinct mechanism for cytoplasmic incompatibility

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019
Significance Wolbachia are utilized to control agricultural pests and reduce transmission of vector-borne human diseases such as dengue fever. Reproductive manipulation through cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) is essential to these uses. A causal role in
Hongli Chen, J. Ronau, J. Beckmann, M. Hochstrasser   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Infertility and fecundity loss of Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti hatched from quiescent eggs is expected to alter invasion dynamics

bioRxiv, 2020
The endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia shows viral blockage in its mosquito host, leading to its use in arboviral disease control. Releases with Wolbachia strains wMel and wAlbB infecting Aedes aegypti have taken place in several countries.
Meng-Jia Lau, Perran A. Ross, A. Hoffmann   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Facilitating Wolbachia introductions into mosquito populations through insecticide-resistance selection. [PDF]

, 2013
Wolbachia infections are being introduced into mosquito vectors of human diseases following the discovery that they can block transmission of disease agents.
Hoffmann, Ary A, Turelli, Michael
core   +2 more sources

Invasive Spiders and Their Microbiomes: Patterns of Microbial Variation in Native and Invasive Species in Hawai'i

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 10, October 2025.
We investigated how gut microbiota and endosymbionts influence the success of native and invasive spiders in Hawaiian and mainland environments. Gut microbial composition was shaped more by local environmental conditions than invasion status, whereas invasive species generally harbored fewer endosymbionts, with abundance varying by site. These findings
Madison J. Pfau, Sven Weber, Susan Kennedy, Henrik Krehenwinkel, George Roderick, Rosemary Gillespie   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source