African Queens find mates when males are rare
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9956
Abstract: Abstract In butterflies and moths, male‐killing endosymbionts are transmitted from infected females via their eggs, and the male progeny then perish. This means that successful transmission of the parasite relies on the successful mating of… read more here.
Keywords: males rare; male killing; african queens; infected females ... See more keywords
Closely Related Male-Killing and Nonmale-Killing Wolbachia Strains in the Oriental Tea Tortrix Homona magnanima
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DOI: 10.1007/s00248-019-01469-6
Abstract: Wolbachia are inherited intracellular bacteria that cause male-specific death in some arthropods, called male-killing. To date, three Wolbachia strains have been identified in the oriental tea tortrix Homona magnanima (Tortricidae, Lepidoptera); however, none of these… read more here.
Keywords: wolbachia; wolbachia strains; male killing; host lines ... See more keywords
Common and unique strategies of male killing evolved in two distinct Drosophila symbionts
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2167
Abstract: Male killing is a selfish reproductive manipulation caused by symbiotic bacteria, where male offspring of infected hosts are selectively killed. The underlying mechanisms and the process of their evolution are of great interest not only… read more here.
Keywords: killing spiroplasma; drosophila symbionts; male killing; male ... See more keywords
Antagonistic interaction between male‐killing and cytoplasmic incompatibility induced by Cardinium and Wolbachia in the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci
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DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12793
Abstract: Cardinium and Wolbachia are maternally inherited bacterial symbionts of arthropods that can manipulate host reproduction by increasing the fitness of infected females. Here, we report that Cardinium and Wolbachia coinfection induced male‐killing and cytoplasmic incompatibility… read more here.
Keywords: cardinium wolbachia; cardinium; male killing; asia ii7 ... See more keywords
Characterization of the first Wolbachia from the genus Scaptodrosophila, a male‐killer from the rainforest species S. claytoni
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DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.13000
Abstract: The Scaptodrosophila genus represents a large group of drosophilids with a worldwide distribution and a predominance of species in Australia, but there is little information on the presence and impacts of Wolbachia endosymbionts in this… read more here.
Keywords: male killing; first wolbachia; male; infection ... See more keywords
Endosymbiotic Male-Killing Spiroplasma Affects the Physiological and Behavioral Ecology of Macrocheles-Drosophila Interactions
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DOI: 10.1128/aem.01972-21
Abstract: Male-killing endosymbionts are transmitted mother to daughter and kill male offspring. Despite these major ecological effects, how these endosymbionts colonize new host species is not always clear. ABSTRACT While many arthropod endosymbionts are vertically transmitted,… read more here.
Keywords: infection; msro flies; male killing; ecology ... See more keywords
The phage gene wmk is a candidate for male killing by a bacterial endosymbiont
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007936
Abstract: Wolbachia are the most widespread maternally-transmitted bacteria in the animal kingdom. Their global spread in arthropods and varied impacts on animal physiology, evolution, and vector control are in part due to parasitic drive systems that… read more here.
Keywords: gene; gene wmk; phage gene; male killing ... See more keywords
Male-killing mechanisms vary between Spiroplasma species
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1075199
Abstract: Male-killing, a male-specific death of arthropod hosts during development, is induced by Spiroplasma (Mollicutes) endosymbionts of the Citri–Poulsonii and the Ixodetis groups, which are phylogenetically distant groups. Spiroplasma poulsonii induces male-killing in Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera)… read more here.
Keywords: male killing; killing mechanisms; spiroplasma; ixodetis ... See more keywords