Abstract Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) have been shown to host diverse bacterial
communities that vary depending on the sex of the mosquito, the developmental stage, and …

Wolbachia are the most abundant bacterial endosymbionts among arthropods. Although
maternally inherited, they do not conform to the widespread view that vertical transmission …

Insect symbioses lack the complexity and diversity of those associated with higher
eukaryotic hosts. Symbiotic microbiomes are beneficial to their insect hosts in many ways …

Vector-borne diseases are emerging at an increasing rate and comprise a disproportionate
share of all emerging infectious diseases. Yet, the key ecological and evolutionary …

Wolbachia inherited bacteria are able to invade insect populations using cytoplasmic
incompatibility and provide new strategies for controlling mosquito-borne tropical diseases …

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 …

Conditions experienced during larval development of holometabolous insects can affect
adult traits, but whether differences in the bacterial communities of larval development sites …

Aphids are a serious threat to agriculture, despite being a rather small group of insects. The
about 4,000 species worldwide engage in highly interesting and complex relationships with …

The past years have revealed that inherited bacterial endosymbionts are important sources
of evolutionary novelty for their eukaryotic hosts. In this review we discuss a fundamental …

The sexes show profound differences in responses to infection and the development of
autoimmunity. Dimorphisms in immune responses are ubiquitous across taxa, from …