Bacteria influence eukaryotic biology as parasitic, commensal or beneficial symbionts. Aside
from these organismal interactions, bacteria have also been important sources of new …

Nematodes are abundant and diverse, and include many parasitic species. Molecular
phylogenetic analyses have shown that parasitism of plants and animals has arisen at least …

Tardigrades are meiofaunal ecdysozoans that are key to understanding the origins of
Arthropoda. Many species of Tardigrada can survive extreme conditions through …

Evolutionary developmental biology, or Evo-Devo for short, has become an established field
that, broadly speaking, seeks to understand how changes in development drive major …

Wolbachia is the most abundant intracellular bacterial genus infecting a wide range of
arthropods and filarial nematodes. Wolbachia have evolved parasitic, mutualistic and …

Most human filarial nematode parasites and arthropods are hosts for a bacterial
endosymbiont, Wolbachia. In filaria, Wolbachia are required for normal development, fertility …

Wolbachia is an alpha-proteobacterial symbiont widely distributed in arthropods. Since the
identification of Wolbachia in certain animal-parasitic nematodes (the Onchocercidae or …

Sex determination is a fundamental developmental pathway governing male and female
differentiation, with profound implications for morphology, reproductive strategies, and …

Wolbachia, one of the most widespread endosymbionts, is a target for biological control of
mosquito-borne diseases (malaria and dengue virus), and antibiotic elimination of infectious …

Abstract Knowledge concerning the diversity of parasitism and its reach across our current
understanding of the tree of life has benefitted considerably from novel molecular …