Bacteriocytes are host cells specialized to harbor symbionts in certain insect taxa. The
adaptation, development, and evolution of bacteriocytes underlie insect symbiosis …

Most bacteria divide through a highly conserved process called binary fission, in which there
is symmetric growth of daughter cells and the synthesis of peptidoglycan at the mid-cell to …

Many insects engage in stable nutritional symbioses with bacteria that supplement limiting
essential nutrients to their host. While several plant sap-feeding Hemipteran lineages are …

RNA interference (RNAi)‐based technologies are starting to be commercialized as a new
approach for agricultural pest control. Horizontally transferred genes (HTGs), which have …

Genomes of aphids (family Aphididae) show several unusual evolutionary patterns. In
particular, within the XO sex determination system of aphids, the X chromosome exhibits a …

The adelgids (Adelgidae) are a small family of sap-feeding insects, which, together with true
aphids (Aphididae) and phylloxerans (Phylloxeridae), make up the infraorder …

Evolution of Buchnera–aphid host symbioses is often studied among species at
macroevolutionary scales. Investigations within species offer a different perspective about …

Many insects feeding on nutritionally challenging diets like plant sap, leaves, or wood
engage in ancient associations with bacterial symbionts that supplement limiting nutrients or …

Slavum lentiscoides and Chaetogeoica ovagalla are two aphid species from the subtribe
Fordina of Fordini within the subfamily Eriosomatinae, and they produce galls on their …

Most plant-sap feeding insects have obligate relationships with maternally transmitted
bacteria. Aphids require their nutritional endosymbiont, Buchnera aphidicola, for the …