… Our understanding of host influence on microbial evolution has focused on symbiont …
with hosts or associate with multiple hosts. Yet, there are no clear expectations for how …

… Symbiont function is important because it will influence the … Our results suggest that
host–symbiont dependence may evolve … partnerships have led to major evolutionary transitions …

… that mostly exhibit transovarial transmission, the facultative symbionts have evolved various
fascinating mechanisms to ensure their transmission and propagation inside an insect’s …

… We go on to show that defensive symbionts influence … effects of defensive symbionts on the
evolution of parasite virulence. … presence of defensive symbionts in their hosts will depend on …

… factors that may influence the evolution of host traits. … host modifier allele that influences
symbiont mixing. I assume that restriction of symbiont migration requires investment by the host …

… Thus, in general we will expect the evolution of prudent symbionts that have reduced … the
host. However, evolutionary interests of the symbiont and host are not completely concordant. …

… within and between hosts can influence the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of symbionts,
a … Exploring the community-level ecological interactions of symbionts and their hosts has …

… by a vertically transmitted symbiont of an aphid is influenced by both host-symbiont and
symbiont-… Further, we show that certain symbiont phylogenetic clades have evolved to provide …

… microbial symbionts to exploit the host, resulting in reduced host … benefit derived by a host
from different symbiont genotypes and (c… One factor influencing the incidence of vertical and …

… a symbiont lineage to diverge with its host lineage. (F) Hypothetical host and symbiont
evolutionary … Meanwhile, due to the influence of variation in time and space, we acknowledge that …