Bacterial endosymbionts protect aphids in the field and alter parasitoid community composition

Genetic and morphological variation in sexual and asexual parasitoids of the genus Lysiphlebus – an apparent link between wing shape and reproductive mode

(2015) Andjeljko Petrović et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The natural occurrence of secondary bacterial symbionts in aphids

(2015) SHARON E. ZYTYNSKA et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Insect life history and the evolution of bacterial mutualism

(2015) Lee M. Henry et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Patterns, causes and consequences of defensive microbiome dynamics across multiple scales

(2015) Andrew H. Smith et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The incidence of bacterial endosymbionts in terrestrial arthropods

(2015) L. A. Weinert et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evidence for specificity in symbiont-conferred protection against parasitoids

(2015) Ailsa H. C. McLean et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Factors Limiting the Spread of the Protective Symbiont Hamiltonella defensa in Aphis craccivora Aphids

(2014) Hannah R. Dykstra et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Symbiont-conferred protection against Hymenopteran parasitoids in aphids: how general is it?

(2014) LUIS CAYETANO et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Specialisation of bacterial endosymbionts that protect aphids from parasitoids

(2014) MARK K. ASPLEN et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

A landscape view of cereal aphid parasitoid dynamics reveals sensitivity to farm- and region-scale vegetation structure

(2014) Michael J. BREWER et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY

An ecological cost associated with protective symbionts of aphids

(2014) Sarah Polin et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Cowpea aphid (Aphis craccivora) associated with different host plants has different facultative endosymbionts

(2013) CRISTINA M. BRADY et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Defensive symbiosis in the real world - advancing ecological studies of heritable, protective bacteria in aphids and beyond

(2013) Kerry M. Oliver et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Genotype-by-genotype specificity remains robust to average temperature variation in an aphid/endosymbiont/parasitoid system

(2013) L. Cayetano et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Protection against a fungal pathogen conferred by the aphid facultative endosymbiontsRickettsiaandSpiroplasmais expressed in multiple host genotypes and species and is not influenced by co-infection with another symbiont

(2013) P. Łukasik et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Uncovering symbiont-driven genetic diversity across North American pea aphids

(2013) Jacob A. Russell et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The diversity and fitness effects of infection with facultative endosymbionts in the grain aphid, Sitobion avenae

(2013) Piotr Łukasik et al.   OECOLOGIA

Strong specificity in the interaction between parasitoids and symbiont-protected hosts

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

Evolution of reproductive mode variation and host associations in a sexual-asexual complex of aphid parasitoids

(2011) Christoph Sandrock et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE AND SECONDARY SYMBIONTS IN HOST-ASSOCIATED POPULATIONS OF THE PEA APHID COMPLEX

(2011) Julia Ferrari et al.   EVOLUTION

Development, specificity and sublethal effects of symbiont-conferred resistance to parasitoids in aphids

(2011) Maike Schmid et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Only helpful when required: a longevity cost of harbouring defensive symbionts

(2011) C. VORBURGER et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Successful establishment of Wolbachia in Aedes populations to suppress dengue transmission

(2011) A. A. Hoffmann et al.   NATURE

Integrating food web diversity, structure and stability

(2011) Neil Rooney et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Effect of the Drosophila endosymbiont Spiroplasma on parasitoid wasp development and on the reproductive fitness of wasp-attacked fly survivors

(2010) Jialei Xie et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Adaptation via Symbiosis: Recent Spread of a Drosophila Defensive Symbiont

(2010) J. Jaenike et al.   SCIENCE

Wolbachia Stimulates Immune Gene Expression and Inhibits Plasmodium Development in Anopheles gambiae

(2010) Zakaria Kambris et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Facultative Symbionts in Aphids and the Horizontal Transfer of Ecologically Important Traits

(2009) Kerry M. Oliver et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

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

(2009) C. Vorburger et al.   Biology Letters

GENOTYPIC VARIATION AND THE ROLE OF DEFENSIVE ENDOSYMBIONTS IN AN ALL-PARTHENOGENETIC HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION

(2009) Christoph Vorburger et al.   EVOLUTION

A continuum of genetic divergence from sympatric host races to species in the pea aphid complex

(2009) J. Peccoud et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bacteriophages Encode Factors Required for Protection in a Symbiotic Mutualism

(2009) K. M. Oliver et al.   SCIENCE

Direct and Indirect Effects of Resource Quality on Food Web Structure

(2008) T. Bukovinszky et al.   SCIENCE

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

Population dynamics of defensive symbionts in aphids

(2007) K. M Oliver et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES