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Heritable symbionts in a world of varying temperature by Corbin, C, Heyworth, E R, Ferrari, J, Hurst, G D D

“…Heritable microbes represent an important component of the biology, ecology and evolution of many plants, animals and fungi, acting as both parasites and…”
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Mitochondrial DNA as a marker of molecular diversity: a reappraisal by Galtier, N, Nabholz, B, Glemin, S, Hurst, G.D.D

“…Over the last three decades, mitochondrial DNA has been the most popular marker of molecular diversity, for a combination of technical ease-of-use…”
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WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS : Microbial Manipulator of Arthropod Reproduction by Stouthamer, R, Breeuwer, J. A. J, Hurst, G. D. D

“…The α-proteobacterium Wolbachia pipientis is a very common cytoplasmic symbiont of insects, crustaceans, mites, and filarial nematodes. To enhance its…”
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effect of hybrid transgression on environmental tolerance in experimental yeast crosses by Stelkens, R. B, Brockhurst, M. A, Hurst, G. D. D, Miller, E. L, Greig, D

“…Evidence is rapidly accumulating that hybridization generates adaptive variation. Transgressive segregation in hybrids could promote the colonization of new…”
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Selfish Genetic Elements Promote Polyandry in a Fly by Price, T.A.R, Hodgson, D.J, Lewis, Z, Hurst, G.D.D, Wedell, N

“…It is unknown why females mate with multiple males when mating is frequently costly and a single copulation often provides enough sperm to fertilize all a…”
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First detection of endosymbiotic bacteria in biting midges Culicoides pulicaris and Culicoides punctatus, important Palaearctic vectors of bluetongue virus by LEWIS, S. E, RICE, A, HURST, G. D. D, BAYLIS, M

“…Heritable bacteria have been highlighted as important components of vector biology, acting as required symbionts with an anabolic role, altering competence for…”
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Widespread Wolbachia infection in an insular radiation of damselflies (Odonata, Coenagrionidae) by Lorenzo-Carballa, M. O., Torres-Cambas, Y., Heaton, K., Hurst, G. D. D., Charlat, S., Sherratt, T. N., Van Gossum, H., Cordero-Rivera, A., Beatty, C. D.

“…Wolbachia is one of the most common endosymbionts found infecting arthropods. Theory predicts symbionts like Wolbachia will be more common in species…”
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Rapid spread of male-killing Wolbachia in the butterfly Hypolimnas bolina by DUPLOUY, A, HURST, G.D.D, O'NEILL, S.L, CHARLAT, S

“…Reproductive parasites such as Wolbachia can spread through uninfected host populations by increasing the relative fitness of the infected maternal lineage…”
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Characteristics of the genome of Arsenophonus nasoniae, son-killer bacterium of the wasp Nasonia by Darby, A.C, Choi, J.-H, Wilkes, T, Hughes, M.A, Werren, J.H, Hurst, G.D.D, Colbourne, J.K

“…We report the properties of a draft genome sequence of the bacterium Arsenophonus nasoniae, son-killer bacterium of Nasonia vitripennis. The genome sequence…”
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Fitness effects of Wolbachia and Spiroplasma in Drosophila melanogaster by Montenegro, H, Petherwick, A S, Hurst, G D D, Klaczko, L B

“…Maternally inherited endosymbionts that manipulate the reproduction of their insect host are very common. Aside from the reproductive manipulation they…”
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The butterfly Danaus chrysippus is infected by a male-killing Spiroplasma bacterium by Jiggins, F M, Hurst, G D, Jiggins, C D, v d Schulenburg, J H, Majerus, M E

“…Many insects carry maternally inherited bacteria which kill male offspring. Such bacteria will spread if male death benefits the female siblings who transmit…”
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Hidden cytoplasmic incompatibility alters the dynamics of male-killer/host interactions by HORNETT, E.A, ENGELSTÄDTER, J, HURST, G.D.D

“…Wolbachia manipulate the reproduction of their arthropod hosts in a variety of ways. Recent work has demonstrated that these bacteria may combine phenotypes -…”
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Identifying potential candidate Culicoides spp. for the study of interactions with Candidatus Cardinium hertigii by Pilgrim, J., Siozios, S., Baylis, M., Venter, G., Garros, C., Hurst, G. D. D.

“…Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are vectors responsible for the transmission of several viruses of veterinary importance. Previous screens…”
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Can maternally transmitted endosymbionts facilitate the evolution of haplodiploidy? by ENGELSTÄDTER, J., HURST, G. D. D.

“…Whilst many invertebrate taxa are haplodiploid, the factors underlying the evolution of haplodiploidy remain unresolved. We investigate theoretically whether…”
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Rickettsial relative associated with male killing in the ladybird beetle (Adalia bipunctata) by Werren, J.H, Hurst, G.D.D, Zhang, W, Breeuwer, J.A.J, Southamer, R, Majerus, M.E.N

“…A cytoplasmically inherited microorganism associated with male killing in the two-spot ladybird beetle, Adalia bipunctata, is shown to be closely related to…”
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Adonia variegata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) bears maternally inherited flavobacteria that kill males only by Hurst, G D, Bandi, C, Sacchi, L, Cochrane, A G, Bertrand, D, Karaca, I, Majerus, M E

“…Inherited bacteria that parasitically distort the pattern of sex allocation of their host, biasing allocation towards female progeny, are found in many…”
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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 by Nakayama, S, Parratt, S R, Hutchence, K J, Lewis, Z, Price, T A R, Hurst, G D D

“…Maternally inherited symbionts are common in arthropods and many have important roles in host adaptation. The observation that specific symbiont lineages…”
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Invasion of one insect species, Adalia bipunctata, by two different male-killing bacteria by Hurst, G. D. D., von der Schulenburg, J. H. Graf, Majerus, T. M. O., Bertrand, D., Zakharov, I. A., Baungaard, J., Völkl, W., Stouthamer, R., Majerus, M. E. N.

“…Male‐killing bacteria, which are inherited through the female line and kill male progeny only, are known from five different orders of insect. Our knowledge of…”
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Molecular identification of a male-killing agent in the ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) by Majerus, T. M. O., Von Der Schulenburg, J. H. Graf, Majerus, M. E. N., Hurst, G. D. D.

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Remating in the laboratory reflects rates of polyandry in the wild by Price, T.A.R., Lewis, Z., Smith, D.T., Hurst, G.D.D., Wedell, N.

“…Much of our understanding of female mating behaviour in insects comes from studies performed under controlled laboratory conditions, with Drosophila as the…”
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