The advent of next-generation sequencing technologies has facilitated the acquisition of
large amounts of DNA sequence data at a relatively low cost, leading to numerous …

A female-biased sex ratio is considered advantageous for the cytoplasmic elements that
inhabit sexually reproducing organisms. There are numerous examples of bacterial …

Wolbachia is a ubiquitous endosymbiotic bacterium that manipulates insect reproduction. A
notable feature of Wolbachia is male killing (MK), whereby sons of infected females are …

Wolbachia are intracellular bacteria in insects that can manipulate the sexual development
and reproduction by male killing or other methods. We have recently identified a Wolbachia …

It is advantageous for maternally transmitted endosymbionts to skew the sex ratio of their
hosts toward females. Some endosymbiotic bacteria, such as Wolbachia, cause their insect …

Abstract The endosymbiotic bacteria Spiroplasma (Mollicutes) infect diverse plants and
arthropods, and some of which induce male killing, where male hosts are killed during …

Insects harbour diverse maternally inherited bacteria and viruses, some of which have
evolved to kill the male progeny of their hosts (male killing: MK). The fly species Drosophila …

Wolbachia is likely the most successful endosymbiotic bacteria associated with insects and
other arthropods, as well as nematodes (Werren et al., 2008). Over the past several …

Wolbachia are the maternally transmitted bacterial symbionts that are ubiquitous among
arthropods. They can hijack host reproduction in various ways, including male killing (MK) …

Host-microbe systems are evolutionary niches that produce coevolved biological
interactions and are a key component of global health. However, these systems have …