Bacteriocytes are host cells specialized to harbor symbionts in certain insect taxa. The
adaptation, development, and evolution of bacteriocytes underlie insect symbiosis …

Various animals are associated with specific endosymbiotic microorganisms that provide the
host with essential nutrients or confer protection against natural enemies. Genomic analyses …

For over 300 million years, insects have relied on symbiotic microbes for nutrition and
defence. However, it is unclear whether specific ecological conditions have repeatedly …

Bemisia tabaci is one of the most threatening pests in agriculture, causing significant losses
to many important crops on a global scale. The dramatic increase and availability of …

Genomic decay is a common feature of intracellular bacteria that have entered into
symbiosis with plant sap-feeding insects. This study of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci and two …

Heritable genetic variation is required for evolution, and while typically encoded within
nuclear and organellar genomes, several groups of invertebrates harbour heritable …

Symbionts can regulate animal reproduction in multiple ways, but the underlying
physiological and biochemical mechanisms remain largely unknown. The presence of …

Reductive genome evolution has purged many metabolic pathways from obligate
intracellular Rickettsia (Alphaproteobacteria; Rickettsiaceae). While some aspects of host …

Microorganisms that reside within or transmit through arthropod reproductive tissues have
profound impacts on host reproduction, health and evolution. In this Review, we discuss …

The microbiome can significantly impact host phenotypes and serve as an additional source
of heritable genetic variation. While patterns across eukaryotes are consistent with a role for …