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Rapid Global Spread of wRi-like Wolbachia across Multiple Drosophila by Turelli, Michael, Cooper, Brandon S., Richardson, Kelly M., Ginsberg, Paul S., Peckenpaugh, Brooke, Antelope, Chenling X., Kim, Kevin J., May, Michael R., Abrieux, Antoine, Wilson, Derek A., Bronski, Michael J., Moore, Brian R., Gao, Jian-Jun, Eisen, Michael B., Chiu, Joanna C., Conner, William R., Hoffmann, Ary A.

“…Maternally transmitted Wolbachia, Spiroplasma, and Cardinium bacteria are common in insects [1], but their interspecific spread is poorly understood…”
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A male-killing Wolbachia endosymbiont is concealed by another endosymbiont and a nuclear suppressor by Richardson, Kelly M, Ross, Perran A, Cooper, Brandon S, Conner, William R, Schmidt, Thomas L, Hoffmann, Ary A

“…Bacteria that live inside the cells of insect hosts (endosymbionts) can alter the reproduction of their hosts, including the killing of male offspring (male…”
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Genome-wide divergence among invasive populations of Aedes aegypti in California by Lee, Yoosook, Schmidt, Hanno, Collier, Travis C, Conner, William R, Hanemaaijer, Mark J, Slatkin, Montgomery, Marshall, John M, Chiu, Joanna C, Smartt, Chelsea T, Lanzaro, Gregory C, Mulligan, F Steve, Cornel, Anthony J

“…In the summer of 2013, Aedes aegypti Linnaeus was first detected in three cities in central California (Clovis, Madera and Menlo Park). It has now been…”
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Wolbachia in the spittlebug Prosapia ignipectus: Variable infection frequencies, but no apparent effect on host reproductive isolation by Wheeler, Timothy B., Thompson, Vinton, Conner, William R., Cooper, Brandon S.

“…Animals serve as hosts for complex communities of microorganisms, including endosymbionts that live inside their cells. Wolbachia bacteria are perhaps the most…”
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Population genomics of Drosophila suzukii reveal longitudinal population structure and signals of migrations in and out of the continental United States by Lewald, Kyle M, Abrieux, Antoine, Wilson, Derek A, Lee, Yoosook, Conner, William R, Andreazza, Felipe, Beers, Elizabeth H, Burrack, Hannah J, Daane, Kent M, Diepenbrock, Lauren, Drummond, Francis A, Fanning, Philip D, Gaffney, Michael T, Hesler, Stephen P, Ioriatti, Claudio, Isaacs, Rufus, Little, Brian A, Loeb, Gregory M, Miller, Betsey, Nava, Dori E, Rendon, Dalila, Sial, Ashfaq A, Bezerra da Silva, Cherre S, Stockton, Dara G, Van Timmeren, Steven, Wallingford, Anna, Walton, Vaughn M, Wang, Xingeng, Zhao, Bo, Zalom, Frank G, Chiu, Joanna C

“…Abstract Drosophila suzukii, or spotted-wing drosophila, is now an established pest in many parts of the world, causing significant damage to numerous fruit…”
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Wolbachia Acquisition by Drosophila yakuba -Clade Hosts and Transfer of Incompatibility Loci Between Distantly Related Wolbachia by Cooper, Brandon S, Vanderpool, Dan, Conner, William R, Matute, Daniel R, Turelli, Michael

“…Maternally transmitted infect about half of insect species, yet the predominant mode(s) of acquisition remains uncertain. Species-specific associations could…”
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Persistence of a Wolbachia infection frequency cline in Drosophila melanogaster and the possible role of reproductive dormancy by Kriesner, Peter, Conner, William R., Weeks, Andrew R., Turelli, Michael, Hoffmann, Ary A.

“…Field populations of arthropods are often polymorphic for Wolbachia but the factors maintaining intermediate Wolbachia frequencies are generally not…”
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Loss of cytoplasmic incompatibility and minimal fecundity effects explain relatively low Wolbachia frequencies in Drosophila mauritiana by Meany, Megan K., Conner, William R., Richter, Sophia V., Bailey, Jessica A., Turelli, Michael, Cooper, Brandon S.

“…Maternally transmitted Wolbachia bacteria infect about half of all insect species. Many Wolbachia cause cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) and reduced egg hatch…”
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Temperature effects on cellular host-microbe interactions explain continent-wide endosymbiont prevalence by Hague, Michael T.J., Shropshire, J. Dylan, Caldwell, Chelsey N., Statz, John P., Stanek, Kimberly A., Conner, William R., Cooper, Brandon S.

“…Endosymbioses influence host physiology, reproduction, and fitness, but these relationships require efficient microbe transmission between host generations to…”
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A phylogeny for the Drosophila montium species group: A model clade for comparative analyses by Conner, William R., Delaney, Emily K., Bronski, Michael J., Ginsberg, Paul S., Wheeler, Timothy B., Richardson, Kelly M., Peckenpaugh, Brooke, Kim, Kevin J., Watada, Masayoshi, Hoffmann, Ary A., Eisen, Michael B., Kopp, Artyom, Cooper, Brandon S., Turelli, Michael

“…[Display omitted] •We estimate phylogenies and chronograms for 42 of 94 species of the montium group.•20 nuclear loci suffice to produce well-resolved Bayesian…”
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Genome comparisons indicate recent transfer of wRi‐like Wolbachia between sister species Drosophila suzukii and D. subpulchrella by Conner, William R., Blaxter, Mark L., Anfora, Gianfranco, Ometto, Lino, Rota‐Stabelli, Omar, Turelli, Michael

“…Wolbachia endosymbionts may be acquired by horizontal transfer, by introgression through hybridization between closely related species, or by cladogenic…”
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cifB- transcript levels largely explain cytoplasmic incompatibility variation across divergent Wolbachia by Shropshire, J Dylan, Hamant, Emily, Conner, William R, Cooper, Brandon S

“…Divergent hosts often associate with intracellular microbes that influence their fitness. Maternally transmitted bacteria are the most common of these…”
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Sequencing of Tuta absoluta genome to develop SNP genotyping assays for species identification by Tabuloc, Christine A., Lewald, Kyle M., Conner, William R., Lee, Yoosook, Lee, Ernest K., Cain, Alexander B., Godfrey, Kristine E., Arnó, Judit, Agustí, Nuria, Perini, Clerison R., Guedes, Jerson C., Zalom, Frank G., Chiu, Joanna C.

“…Tuta absoluta is one of the most devastating pests of fresh market and processing tomatoes. Native to South America, its detection was confined to that…”
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Persistence of a Wolbachia infection frequency cline in Drosophila melanogaster and the possible role of reproductive dormancy: PERSISTENT WOLBACHIA FREQUENCY CLINE by Kriesner, Peter, Conner, William R., Weeks, Andrew R., Turelli, Michael, Hoffmann, Ary A.

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Genome comparisons indicate recent transfer of w R i‐like Wolbachia between sister species Drosophila suzukii and D. subpulchrella by Conner, William R., Blaxter, Mark L., Anfora, Gianfranco, Ometto, Lino, Rota‐Stabelli, Omar, Turelli, Michael

“…Wolbachia endosymbionts may be acquired by horizontal transfer, by introgression through hybridization between closely related species, or by cladogenic…”
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Genome comparisons indicate recent transfer of w Ri-like Wolbachia between sister species Drosophila suzukii and D. subpulchrella by Conner, William R, Blaxter, Mark L, Anfora, Gianfranco, Ometto, Lino, Rota-Stabelli, Omar, Turelli, Michael

“…endosymbionts may be acquired by horizontal transfer, by introgression through hybridization between closely related species, or by cladogenic retention during…”
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Wolbachia Acquisition by Drosophila yakuba-Clade Hosts and Transfer of Incompatibility Loci Between Distantly Related Wolbachia by Cooper, Brandon S, Vanderpool, Dan, Conner, William R, Matute, Daniel R, Turelli, Michael

“…Maternally transmitted Wolbachia infect about half of insect species, yet the predominant mode(s) of Wolbachia acquisition remains uncertain. Species-specific…”
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Anti-bat tiger moth sounds： Form and function by Corcoran, Aaron J., Conner, William E., Barber, Jesse R.

“…The night sky is the venue of an ancient acoustic battle between echolocating bats and their insect prey. Many tiger moths （Lepidoptera： Arctiidae） answer the…”
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