Macroevolutionary persistence of heritable endosymbionts: acquisition, retention and expression of adaptive phenotypes inSpiroplasma

Can maternally inherited endosymbionts adapt to a novel host? Direct costs of Spiroplasma infection, but not vertical transmission efficiency, evolve rapidly after horizontal transfer into D. melanogaster

(2015) S Nakayama et al.   HEREDITY

Passage of Wolbachia pipientis through Mutant Drosophila melanogaster Induces Phenotypic and Genomic Changes

(2014) Irene L. G. Newton et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

FlyBase: introduction of the Drosophila melanogaster Release 6 reference genome assembly and large-scale migration of genome annotations

(2014) G. dos Santos et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Comparative genome analysis of Spiroplasma melliferum IPMB4A, a honeybee-associated bacterium

(2013) Wen-Sui Lo et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Dynamics of the continent-wide spread of aDrosophiladefensive symbiont

(2013) Sarah N. Cockburn et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Male killing Spiroplasma protects Drosophila melanogaster against two parasitoid wasps

(2013) J Xie et al.   HEREDITY

MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0

(2013) Koichiro Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Detection of Spiroplasma from the mite Macrocheles sp. (Acari; Macrochelidae) ectoparasitic to the fly Drosophila hydei (Diptera; Drosophilidae): a possible route of horizontal transmission?

(2013) Ryu Osaka et al.   SYMBIOSIS

Vertical Transmission of a Drosophila Endosymbiont Via Cooption of the Yolk Transport and Internalization Machinery

(2013) J. K. Herren et al.   mBio

INFECTIOUS ADAPTATION: POTENTIAL HOST RANGE OF A DEFENSIVE ENDOSYMBIONT INDROSOPHILA

(2012) Tamara S. Haselkorn et al.   EVOLUTION

Loss of reproductive parasitism following transfer of male-killing Wolbachia to Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans

(2012) Z Veneti et al.   HEREDITY

Epidemiology in evolutionary time: the case ofWolbachiahorizontal transmission between arthropod host species

(2012) R. Zug et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Estimating Divergence Dates and Substitution Rates in the Drosophila Phylogeny

(2012) Darren J. Obbard et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Still a Host of Hosts for Wolbachia: Analysis of Recent Data Suggests That 40% of Terrestrial Arthropod Species Are Infected

(2012) Roman Zug et al.   PLoS One

MAINTENANCE OF A MALE-KILLING WOLBACHIA IN DROSOPHILA INNUBILA BY MALE-KILLING DEPENDENT AND MALE-KILLING INDEPENDENT MECHANISMS

(2011) Robert L. Unckless et al.   EVOLUTION

How do insects react to novel inherited symbionts? A microarray analysis of Drosophila melanogaster response to the presence of natural and introduced Spiroplasma

(2011) KATE J. HUTCHENCE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Rapid Spread of a Bacterial Symbiont in an Invasive Whitefly Is Driven by Fitness Benefits and Female Bias

(2011) A. G. Himler et al.   SCIENCE

Interspecific symbiont transfection confers a novel ecological trait to the recipient insect

(2010) T. Tsuchida et al.   Biology Letters

The arcsine is asinine: the analysis of proportions in ecology

(2010) David I. Warton et al.   ECOLOGY

The Spiroplasma heritable bacterial endosymbiont of Drosophila

(2010) Tamara S. Haselkorn   FLY

The mushroom habitat as an ecological arena for global exchange ofWolbachia

(2010) JULIE K. STAHLHUT et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Spiroplasma Bacteria Enhance Survival of Drosophila hydei Attacked by the Parasitic Wasp Leptopilina heterotoma

(2010) Jialei Xie et al.   PLoS One

Adaptation via Symbiosis: Recent Spread of a Drosophila Defensive Symbiont

(2010) J. Jaenike et al.   SCIENCE

A strain of the bacterial symbiont Regiella insecticola protects aphids against parasitoids

(2009) C. Vorburger et al.   Biology Letters

Association between Wolbachia and Spiroplasma within Drosophila neotestacea: an emerging symbiotic mutualism?

(2009) JOHN JAENIKE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Multiple introductions of theSpiroplasmabacterial endosymbiont intoDrosophila

(2009) TAMARA S. HASELKORN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The diversity of reproductive parasites among arthropods: Wolbachia do not walk alone

(2008) Olivier Duron et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD PARASITE DOWN: EVOLUTION OF A MALE-KILLER SUPPRESSOR UNCOVERS CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPATIBILITY

(2008) Emily A. Hornett et al.   EVOLUTION

How many species are infected with Wolbachia? – a statistical analysis of current data

(2008) Kirsten Hilgenboecker et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Wolbachia: master manipulators of invertebrate biology

(2008) John H. Werren et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The maternal-effect, selfish genetic element Medea is associated with a composite Tc1 transposon

(2008) M. D. Lorenzen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Wolbachia and Virus Protection in Insects

(2008) L. M. Hedges et al.   SCIENCE

The Bacterial Symbiont Wolbachia Induces Resistance to RNA Viral Infections in Drosophila melanogaster

(2008) Luís Teixeira et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY