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Signatures of host/symbiont genome coevolution in insect nutritional endosymbioses by Wilson, Alex C. C, Rebecca P. Duncan

“…The role of symbiosis in bacterial symbiont genome evolution is well understood, yet the ways that symbiosis shapes host genomes or more particularly,…”
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Genomic revelations of a mutualism: the pea aphid and its obligate bacterial symbiont by Shigenobu, Shuji, Wilson, Alex C. C

“…The symbiosis of the pea aphid Acyrthosphion pisum with the bacterium Buchnera aphidicola APS represents the best-studied insect obligate symbiosis. Here we…”
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Aphid thermal tolerance is governed by a point mutation in bacterial symbionts by Dunbar, Helen E, Wilson, Alex C C, Ferguson, Nicole R, Moran, Nancy A

“…Symbiosis is a ubiquitous phenomenon generating biological complexity, affecting adaptation, and expanding ecological capabilities. However, symbionts, which…”
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Rapid transcriptional plasticity of duplicated gene clusters enables a clonally reproducing aphid to colonise diverse plant species by Mathers, Thomas C, Chen, Yazhou, Kaithakottil, Gemy, Legeai, Fabrice, Mugford, Sam T, Baa-Puyoulet, Patrice, Bretaudeau, Anthony, Clavijo, Bernardo, Colella, Stefano, Collin, Olivier, Dalmay, Tamas, Derrien, Thomas, Feng, Honglin, Gabaldón, Toni, Jordan, Anna, Julca, Irene, Kettles, Graeme J, Kowitwanich, Krissana, Lavenier, Dominique, Lenzi, Paolo, Lopez-Gomollon, Sara, Loska, Damian, Mapleson, Daniel, Maumus, Florian, Moxon, Simon, Price, Daniel R G, Sugio, Akiko, van Munster, Manuella, Uzest, Marilyne, Waite, Darren, Jander, Georg, Tagu, Denis, Wilson, Alex C C, van Oosterhout, Cock, Swarbreck, David, Hogenhout, Saskia A

“…The prevailing paradigm of host-parasite evolution is that arms races lead to increasing specialisation via genetic adaptation. Insect herbivores are no…”
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Trading amino acids at the aphid–Buchnera symbiotic interface by Feng, Honglin, Edwards, Noel, Anderson, Catriona M. H., Althaus, Mike, Duncan, Rebecca P., Hsu, Yu-Ching, Luetje, Charles W., Price, Daniel R. G., Wilson, Alex C. C., Thwaites, David T.

“…Plant sap-feeding insects are widespread, having evolved to occupy diverse environmental niches despite exclusive feeding on an impoverished diet lacking in…”
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Aphid amino acid transporter regulates glutamine supply to intracellular bacterial symbionts by Price, Daniel R. G., Feng, Honglin, Baker, James D., Bavan, Selvan, Luetje, Charles W., Wilson, Alex C. C.

“…Endosymbiotic associations have played a major role in evolution. However, the molecular basis for the biochemical interdependence of these associations…”
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Experimental uncoupling of hosts and endosymbionts by Feng, Honglin, Wilson, Alex C C

“…Many organisms harbor heritable bacterial symbionts that offer context-specific benefits to their hosts. In some of these symbioses, symbionts live inside host…”
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Genome Expansion and Differential Expression of Amino Acid Transporters at the Aphid/Buchnera Symbiotic Interface by Price, Daniel R. G., Duncan, Rebecca P., Shigenobu, Shuji, Wilson, Alex C. C.

“…In insects, some of the most ecologically important symbioses are nutritional symbioses that provide hosts with novel traits and thereby facilitate…”
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A new protein protects a symbiotic relationship by Wilsona, Alex C. C.

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Dynamic recruitment of amino acid transporters to the insect/symbiont interface by Duncan, Rebecca P, Husnik, Filip, Van Leuven, James T, Gilbert, Donald G, Dávalos, Liliana M, McCutcheon, John P, Wilson, Alex C. C

“…Symbiosis is well known to influence bacterial symbiont genome evolution and has recently been shown to shape eukaryotic host genomes. Intriguing patterns of…”
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Further evidence that mechanisms of host/symbiont integration are dissimilar in the maternal versus embryonic Acyrthosiphon pisum bacteriome by Banfill, Celeste R, Wilson, Alex C. C, Lu, Hsiao-ling

“…Abstract Background Host/symbiont integration is a signature of evolutionarily ancient, obligate endosymbioses. However, little is known about the cellular and…”
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SymbiQuant: A Machine Learning Object Detection Tool for Polyploid Independent Estimates of Endosymbiont Population Size by James, Edward B, Pan, Xu, Schwartz, Odelia, Wilson, Alex C C

“…Quantifying the size of endosymbiont populations is challenging because endosymbionts are typically difficult or impossible to culture and commonly polyploid…”
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Genomic resources for Myzus persicae: EST sequencing, SNP identification, and microarray design by Ramsey, John S, Wilson, Alex C C, de Vos, Martin, Sun, Qi, Tamborindeguy, Cecilia, Winfield, Agnese, Malloch, Gaynor, Smith, Dawn M, Fenton, Brian, Gray, Stewart M, Jander, Georg

“…The green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer), is a world-wide insect pest capable of infesting more than 40 plant families, including many crop species…”
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Aphids alter host-plant nitrogen isotope fractionation by Wilson, Alex C.C, Sternberg, Leonel da S.L, Hurley, Katherine B

“…Plant sap-feeding insects and blood-feeding parasites are frequently depleted in ¹⁵N relative to their diet. Unfortunately, most fluid-feeder/host nitrogen…”
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Biased transmission of sex chromosomes in the aphid Myzus persicae is not associated with reproductive mode by Wilson, Alex C C, Delgado, Ryan N, Vorburger, Christoph

“…Commonly, a single aphid species exhibits a wide range of reproductive strategies including cyclical parthenogenesis and obligate parthenogenesis. Sex…”
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A substrate ambiguous enzyme facilitates genome reduction in an intracellular symbiont by Price, Daniel R G, Wilson, Alex C C

“…Genome evolution in intracellular microbial symbionts is characterized by gene loss, generating some of the smallest and most gene-poor genomes known. As a…”
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The power of paired genomes by GERARDO, NICOLE M., WILSON, ALEX C. C.

“…Species interactions are fundamental to ecology. Classic studies of competition, predation, parasitism and mutualism between macroscopic organisms have…”
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mTOR Complex 1 Implicated in Aphid/ Buchnera Host/Symbiont Integration by James, Edward B, Feng, Honglin, Wilson, Alex C C

“…Obligate nutritional endosymbioses are arguably the most intimate of all interspecific associations. While many insect nutritional endosymbioses are well…”
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Amino acid transporters implicated in endocytosis of Buchnera during symbiont transmission in the pea aphid by Lu, Hsiao-Ling, Chang, Chun-Che, Wilson, Alex C C

“…Many insects host their obligate, maternally transmitted symbiotic bacteria in specialized cells called bacteriocytes. One of the best-studied insect…”
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Ontogenetic differences in localization of glutamine transporter ApGLNT1 in the pea aphid demonstrate that mechanisms of host/symbiont integration are not similar in the maternal versus embryonic bacteriome by Lu, Hsiao-Ling, Price, Daniel R G, Wikramanayake, Athula, Chang, Chun-Che, Wilson, Alex C C

“…Obligate intracellular symbionts of insects are metabolically and developmentally integrated with their hosts. Typically, reproduction fails in many insect…”
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