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The spread of Wolbachia through mosquito populations by Jiggins, Francis M

“…In many regions of the world, mosquito-borne viruses pose a growing threat to human health. As an alternative to traditional control measures, the bacterial…”
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Symbionts commonly provide broad spectrum resistance to viruses in insects: a comparative analysis of Wolbachia strains by Martinez, Julien, Longdon, Ben, Bauer, Simone, Chan, Yuk-Sang, Miller, Wolfgang J, Bourtzis, Kostas, Teixeira, Luis, Jiggins, Francis M

“…In the last decade, bacterial symbionts have been shown to play an important role in protecting hosts against pathogens. Wolbachia, a widespread symbiont in…”
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Wolbachia protects Drosophila melanogaster against two naturally occurring and virulent viral pathogens by Bruner-Montero, Gaspar, Jiggins, Francis M.

“…Wolbachia is a common endosymbiont that can protect insects against viral pathogens. However, whether the antiviral effects of Wolbachia have a significant…”
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Wolbachia variants induce differential protection to viruses in Drosophila melanogaster: a phenotypic and phylogenomic analysis by Chrostek, Ewa, Marialva, Marta S P, Esteves, Sara S, Weinert, Lucy A, Martinez, Julien, Jiggins, Francis M, Teixeira, Luis

“…Wolbachia are intracellular bacterial symbionts that are able to protect various insect hosts from viral infections. This tripartite interaction was initially…”
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Adaptive introgression underlies polymorphic seasonal camouflage in snowshoe hares by Jones, Matthew R, Mills, L Scott, Alves, Paulo Célio, Callahan, Colin M, Alves, Joel M, Lafferty, Diana J R, Jiggins, Francis M, Jensen, Jeffrey D, Melo-Ferreira, José, Good, Jeffrey M

“…Snowshoe hares ( ) maintain seasonal camouflage by molting to a white winter coat, but some hares remain brown during the winter in regions with low snow…”
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The intracellular bacterium Wolbachia uses parasitoid wasps as phoretic vectors for efficient horizontal transmission by Ahmed, Muhammad Z, Li, Shao-Jian, Xue, Xia, Yin, Xiang-Jie, Ren, Shun-Xiang, Jiggins, Francis M, Greeff, Jaco M, Qiu, Bao-Li

“…Facultative bacterial endosymbionts are associated with many arthropods and are primarily transmitted vertically from mother to offspring. However,…”
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The evolution and genetics of virus host shifts by Longdon, Ben, Brockhurst, Michael A, Russell, Colin A, Welch, John J, Jiggins, Francis M

“…Emerging viral diseases are often the product of a host shift, where a pathogen jumps from its original host into a novel species. Phylogenetic studies show…”
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Trans-regulatory changes underpin the evolution of the Drosophila immune response by Ding, Shuai Dominique, Leitão, Alexandre B, Day, Jonathan P, Arunkumar, Ramesh, Phillips, Morgan, Zhou, Shuyu Olivia, Jiggins, Francis M

“…When an animal is infected, the expression of a large suite of genes is changed, resulting in an immune response that can defend the host. Despite much…”
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Widespread conservation and lineage-specific diversification of genome-wide DNA methylation patterns across arthropods by Lewis, Samuel H, Ross, Laura, Bain, Stevie A, Pahita, Eleni, Smith, Stephen A, Cordaux, Richard, Miska, Eric A, Lenhard, Boris, Jiggins, Francis M, Sarkies, Peter

“…Cytosine methylation is an ancient epigenetic modification yet its function and extent within genomes is highly variable across eukaryotes. In mammals,…”
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Genome-wide association studies reveal a simple genetic basis of resistance to naturally coevolving viruses in Drosophila melanogaster by Magwire, Michael M, Fabian, Daniel K, Schweyen, Hannah, Cao, Chuan, Longdon, Ben, Bayer, Florian, Jiggins, Francis M

“…Variation in susceptibility to infectious disease often has a substantial genetic component in animal and plant populations. We have used genome-wide…”
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Population genomics of the Wolbachia endosymbiont in Drosophila melanogaster by Richardson, Mark F, Weinert, Lucy A, Welch, John J, Linheiro, Raquel S, Magwire, Michael M, Jiggins, Francis M, Bergman, Casey M

“…Wolbachia are maternally inherited symbiotic bacteria, commonly found in arthropods, which are able to manipulate the reproduction of their host in order to…”
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Vertically transmitted viral endosymbionts of insects: do sigma viruses walk alone? by Longdon, Ben, Jiggins, Francis M.

“…Insects are host to a wide range of vertically transmitted bacterial endosymbionts, but we know relatively little about their viral counterparts. Here, we…”
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Successive increases in the resistance of Drosophila to viral infection through a transposon insertion followed by a Duplication by Magwire, Michael M, Bayer, Florian, Webster, Claire L, Cao, Chuan, Jiggins, Francis M

“…To understand the molecular basis of how hosts evolve resistance to their parasites, we have investigated the genes that cause variation in the susceptibility…”
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The evolution of RNAi as a defence against viruses and transposable elements by Obbard, Darren J, Gordon, Karl H.J, Buck, Amy H, Jiggins, Francis M

“…RNA interference (RNAi) is an important defence against viruses and transposable elements (TEs). RNAi not only protects against viruses by degrading viral RNA,…”
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Problems with mitochondrial DNA as a marker in population, phylogeographic and phylogenetic studies: the effects of inherited symbionts by Hurst, Gregory D.D, Jiggins, Francis M

“…Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been a marker of choice for reconstructing historical patterns of population demography, admixture, biogeography and speciation…”
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The phage gene wmk is a candidate for male killing by a bacterial endosymbiont by Perlmutter, Jessamyn I, Bordenstein, Sarah R, Unckless, Robert L, LePage, Daniel P, Metcalf, Jason A, Hill, Tom, Martinez, Julien, Jiggins, Francis M, Bordenstein, Seth R

“…Wolbachia are the most widespread maternally-transmitted bacteria in the animal kingdom. Their global spread in arthropods and varied impacts on animal…”
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Should Symbionts Be Nice or Selfish? Antiviral Effects of Wolbachia Are Costly but Reproductive Parasitism Is Not by Martinez, Julien, Ok, Suzan, Smith, Sophie, Snoeck, Kiana, Day, Jon P, Jiggins, Francis M

“…Symbionts can have mutualistic effects that increase their host's fitness and/or parasitic effects that reduce it. Which of these strategies evolves depends in…”
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The genetic architecture of resistance to virus infection in Drosophila by Cogni, Rodrigo, Cao, Chuan, Day, Jonathan P., Bridson, Calum, Jiggins, Francis M.

“…Variation in susceptibility to infection has a substantial genetic component in natural populations, and it has been argued that selection by pathogens may…”
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The causes and consequences of changes in virulence following pathogen host shifts by Longdon, Ben, Hadfield, Jarrod D, Day, Jonathan P, Smith, Sophia C L, McGonigle, John E, Cogni, Rodrigo, Cao, Chuan, Jiggins, Francis M

“…Emerging infectious diseases are often the result of a host shift, where the pathogen originates from a different host species. Virulence--the harm a pathogen…”
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The evolution of constitutively active humoral immune defenses in Drosophila populations under high parasite pressure by Zhou, Shuyu Olivia, Arunkumar, Ramesh, Irfan, Amina, Ding, Shuai Dominique, Leitão, Alexandre B, Jiggins, Francis M

“…Both constitutive and inducible immune mechanisms are employed by hosts for defense against infection. Constitutive immunity allows for a faster response, but…”
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