Maternally inherited symbionts such as Wolbachia have long been seen mainly as
reproductive parasites, with deleterious effects on host fitness. It is becoming clear, however …

Facultative vertically transmitted bacterial symbionts often manipulate its host's reproductive
biology and thus facilitate their persistence. Wolbachia is one such symbiont where …

The most enigmatic sexual manipulation by Wolbachia endosymbionts is cytoplasmic
incompatibility (CI): infected males are reproductively incompatible with uninfected females …

Wolbachia manipulate the reproduction of their arthropod hosts in a variety of ways. Recent
work has demonstrated that these bacteria may combine phenotypes–possessing a 'male …

Endosymbiotic bacteria of the genus Wolbachia infect a number of invertebrate species in
which they induce various alterations in host reproduction, mainly cytoplasmic …

Abstract Theory suggests that maternally inherited endosymbionts can promote their spread
and persistence in host populations by enhancing the production of daughters by infected …

There is a long-standing prediction that associations with vertically transmitted symbionts
evolve towards maximisation of host reproductive success, eventually leading to mutualist …

Background Maternally transmitted symbionts have evolved a variety of ways to promote
their spread through host populations. One strategy is to hamper the reproduction of …

Wolbachia are widespread intracellular symbionts of arthropods which are known to cause
several reproductive manipulations in their hosts, the commonest of which being …

Although numerous parasite species have a simple life cycle (SLC) and complete their life
cycle in one host, there are other parasite species that exploit several host species …