Wolbachia is an intracellular endosymbiont infecting most arthropod and some filarial
nematode species that is vertically transmitted through the maternal lineage. Due to this …

Wolbachia is one of the most abundant endosymbionts on earth, with a wide distribution
especially in arthropods. Effective maternal transmission and the induction of various …

We review the morphology, larval feeding habits, reproductive behavior, and social behavior
of Scolytinae and Platypodinae. Their morphology and behavior are adaptations to a …

Maternal transmission is the main transmission pathway of facultative bacterial
endosymbionts, but phylogenetically distant insect hosts harbor closely related …

In the last decade, bacterial symbionts have been shown to play an important role in
protecting hosts against pathogens. Wolbachia, a widespread symbiont in arthropods, can …

Experimental evidence is accumulating that endosymbionts of phytophagous insects may
transmit horizontally via plants. Intracellular symbionts known for manipulating insect …

The importance of host-specialization to speciation processes in obligate host-associated
bacteria is well known, as is also the ability of recombination to generate cohesion in …

Many aspects of an individual's biology derive from its interaction with symbiotic microbes,
which further define many aspects of the ecology and evolution of the host species. The …

Drosophila suzukii recently invaded North America and Europe. Populations in Hawaii,
California, New York and Nova Scotia are polymorphic for Wolbachia, typically with< 20 …

The sex-determining systems of arthropods are surprisingly diverse. Some species have
male or female heterogametic sex chromosomes while other species do not have sex …