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The gut microbiota of insects – diversity in structure and function by Engel, Philipp, Moran, Nancy A.

“…Abstract Insect guts present distinctive environments for microbial colonization, and bacteria in the gut potentially provide many beneficial services to their…”
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Evolutionary and Ecological Consequences of Gut Microbial Communities by Moran, Nancy A, Ochman, Howard, Hammer, Tobin J

“…Animals are distinguished by having guts-organs that must extract nutrients from food yet also bar invasion by pathogens. Most guts are colonized by…”
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Antibiotic exposure perturbs the gut microbiota and elevates mortality in honeybees by Raymann, Kasie, Shaffer, Zack, Moran, Nancy A

“…Gut microbiomes play crucial roles in animal health, and shifts in the gut microbial community structure can have detrimental impacts on hosts. Studies with…”
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Glyphosate perturbs the gut microbiota of honey bees by Motta, Erick V. S., Raymann, Kasie, Moran, Nancy A.

“…Glyphosate, the primary herbicide used globally for weed control, targets the 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) enzyme in the shikimate…”
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Heritable symbiosis: The advantages and perils of an evolutionary rabbit hole by Bennett, Gordon M, Nancy A. Moran

“…Many eukaryotes have obligate associations with microorganisms that are transmitted directly between generations. A model for heritable symbiosis is the…”
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The role of the gut microbiome in health and disease of adult honey bee workers by Raymann, Kasie, Moran, Nancy A

“…•The honey bee gut microbiome contains five core bacterial species mainly in hindguts.•This core microbiome is implicated in nutrition and development of adult…”
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Links between metamorphosis and symbiosis in holometabolous insects by Hammer, Tobin J, Moran, Nancy A

“…Many animals depend on microbial symbionts to provide nutrition, defence or other services. Holometabolous insects, as well as other animals that undergo…”
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impact of microbial symbionts on host plant utilization by herbivorous insects by Hansen, Allison K, Moran, Nancy A

“…Herbivory, defined as feeding on live plant tissues, is characteristic of highly successful and diverse groups of insects and represents an evolutionarily…”
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Lateral Transfer of Genes from Fungi Underlies Carotenoid Production in Aphids by Moran, Nancy A, Jarvik, Tyler

“…Carotenoids are colored compounds produced by plants, fungi, and microorganisms and are required in the diet of most animals for oxidation control or light…”
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Symbiosis as an adaptive process and source of phenotypic complexity by Moran, Nancy A

“…Genomics has revealed that inheritance systems of separate species are often not well segregated: genes and capabilities that evolve in one lineage are often…”
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Emerging functional and mechanistic paradigms of mammalian long non-coding RNAs by Moran, Victoria A, Perera, Ranjan J, Khalil, Ahmad M

“…The recent discovery that the human and other mammalian genomes produce thousands of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) raises many fascinating questions. These…”
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The Hologenome Concept: Helpful or Hollow? by Moran, Nancy A, Sloan, Daniel B

“…With the increasing appreciation for the crucial roles that microbial symbionts play in the development and fitness of plant and animal hosts, there has been a…”
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Sweet-talk: role of host glycosylation in bacterial pathogenesis of the gastrointestinal tract by Moran, A P, Gupta, A, Joshi, L

“…Glycosylation is a key modification of proteins and lipids and is involved in most intermolecular and intercellular interactions. The gastrointestinal mucus…”
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The tiniest tiny genomes by Moran, Nancy A, Bennett, Gordon M

“…Starting in 2006, surprisingly tiny genomes have been discovered from numerous bacterial symbionts of insect hosts. Despite their size, each retains some genes…”
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Honeybee gut microbiota promotes host weight gain via bacterial metabolism and hormonal signaling by Zheng, Hao, 郑浩, Powell, J. Elijah, Steele, Margaret I., Dietrich, Carsten, Moran, Nancy A.

“…Social bees harbor a simple and specialized microbiota that is spatially organized into different gut compartments. Recent results on the potential involvement…”
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Functional diversity within the simple gut microbiota of the honey bee by Engel, Philipp, Martinson, Vincent G, Moran, Nancy A

“…Animals living in social communities typically harbor a characteristic gut microbiota important for nutrition and pathogen defense. Accordingly, in the gut of…”
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Experimental replacement of an obligate insect symbiont by Moran, Nancy A., Yun, Yueli

“…Significance In many invertebrates, development depends on obligate bacterial symbionts that are confined to specialized host cells and are transmitted…”
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Genomics and host specialization of honey bee and bumble bee gut symbionts by Kwong, Waldan K., Engel, Philipp, Koch, Hauke, Moran, Nancy A.

“…Gilliamella apicola and Snodgrassella alvi are dominant members of the honey bee (Apis spp.) and bumble bee (Bombus spp.) gut microbiota. We generated complete…”
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Early gut colonizers shape parasite susceptibility and microbiota composition in honey bee workers by Schwarz, Ryan S., Moran, Nancy A., Evans, Jay D.

“…Microbial symbionts living within animal guts are largely composed of resident bacterial species, forming communities that often provide benefits to the host…”
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Immune system stimulation by the native gut microbiota of honey bees by Kwong, Waldan K., Mancenido, Amanda L., Moran, Nancy A.

“…Gut microbial communities can greatly affect host health by modulating the host's immune system. For many important insects, however, the relationship between…”
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