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

Ejaculates are fundamental to fitness in sexually reproducing animals: males gain all their
direct fitness via the ejaculate and females require ejaculates to reproduce. Both sperm and …

Insects display a staggering diversity of mating and social behaviours. Studying these
systems provides insights into a wide range of evolutionary and behavioural questions, such …

Wolbachia pipientis is the most common bacterial infection in the animal world and wields a
vast influence on invertebrate reproduction, sex determination, speciation, and behavior …

The Lepidoptera is one of the most widespread and recognisable insect orders. Due to their
remarkable diversity, economic and ecological importance, moths and butterflies have been …

Wolbachia are renowned as reproductive parasites, but their phenotypic effects in eusocial
insects are not well understood. We used a combination of qrt‐PCR, fluorescence in situ …

Selfish genetic elements (SGEs) are ubiquitous in eukaryotes and bacteria, and make up a
large part of the genome. They frequently target sperm to increase their transmission …

Endosymbiotic reproductive manipulators are widely studied as sources of postzygotic
isolation in arthropods, but their effect on prezygotic isolation between genetically …

The maternally transmitted bacterium Wolbachia pipientis is well known for spreading and
persisting in insect populations through manipulation of the fitness of its host. Here, we …

All animals are under the constant threat of pathogenic infection. However, little is known
regarding the influence of acute infection on sperm viability, particularly in female insects …