Inherited microorganisms that manipulate the reproduction of their host are a common
feature in arthropod biology. Although research initially concentrated on why these …

Many arthropod species are infected by maternally inherited bacteria that induce
cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI). CI causes embryonic mortality in offspring when infected …

Recent decades have witnessed an explosion of theoretical and empirical studies of sex
allocation, transforming how we understand the allocation of resources to male and female …

The pandemic distribution of Wolbachia (alpha‐proteobacteria) across arthropods is largely
due to the ability of these maternally inherited endosymbionts to successfully shift hosts …

The α-proteobacteria Wolbachia are among the most common intracellular bacteria and
have recently emerged as important drivers of arthropod biology. Wolbachia commonly act …

Wolbachia are endosymbionts that are found in many insect species and can spread rapidly
when introduced into a naive host population. Most Wolbachia spread when their infection …

Background The interaction between the Blue Moon butterfly, Hypolimnas bolina, and
Wolbachia has attracted interest because of the high prevalence of male-killing achieved …

Wolbachia are common endosymbiotic bacteria of Arthropoda and Nematoda that are
ordinarily transmitted vertically in host lineages through the egg cytoplasm. Despite the great …

Profiling of wild and laboratory tsetse populations using 16S rRNA gene amplicon
sequencing allowed us to examine whether the “Wigglesworthia-Sodalis-Wolbachia dogma” …

Maternally inherited parasites are known to impose a wide variety of reproductive
manipulations upon their host. These often produce strong selection on the host to suppress …