Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) is the most common symbiont-induced reproductive
manipulation. Specifically, symbiont-induced sperm modifications cause catastrophic mitotic …

Bacterial symbionts represent essential drivers of arthropod ecology and evolution,
influencing host traits such as nutrition, reproduction, immunity, and speciation. However …

The moth Spodoptera frugiperda is a well-known pest of crops throughout the Americas,
which consists of two strains adapted to different host-plants: the first feeds preferentially on …

Interactions between organisms and their environments are central to how biological
diversity arises and how natural populations and ecosystems respond to environmental …

Background Mosquitoes host diverse microbial communities that influence many aspects of
their biology including reproduction, digestion, and ability to transmit pathogens. Unraveling …

The parthenogenetic all-female marbled crayfish is a novel research model and potent
invader of freshwater ecosystems. It is a triploid descendant of the sexually reproducing …

Ankyrin repeat domain-encoding genes are common in the eukaryotic and viral domains of
life, but they are rare in bacteria, the exception being a few obligate or facultative …

The terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare is an original model to study the evolution of sex
determination and symbiosis in animals. Its sex can be determined by ZW sex …

 Abstract DNA barcoding has become the most popular approach for species identification in
recent years. As part of the German Barcode of Life project, the first DNA barcode library for …

Wolbachia are intracellular bacteria that infect numerous and diverse arthropod species
including economic pests of crops and disease vectors affecting livestock and humans …