List of works by Gregory D.D. Hurst

Arsenophonus apicola sp. nov., isolated from the honeybee Apis mellifera

scientific article published on 5 August 2022

Arthropods and inherited bacteria: from counting the symbionts to understanding how symbionts count.

scientific article published on 15 April 2013

Can maternally inherited endosymbionts adapt to a novel host? Direct costs of Spiroplasma infection, but not vertical transmission efficiency, evolve rapidly after horizontal transfer into D. melanogaster

scientific article published on 4 February 2015

Characterization of the Kenyan Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Gut Microbiota: A First Look at Tropical and Sub-Saharan African Bee Associated Microbiomes

scientific article published on 03 November 2020

Culture and genomic analysis of Arsenophonus apicola sp. nov. isolated from the honeybee Apis mellifera

scholarly article published in 2022

DNA barcoding reveals incorrect labelling of insects sold as food in the UK

scientific article published on 11 February 2020

Disease epidemiology in arthropods is altered by the presence of nonprotective symbionts.

scientific article published on 5 February 2014

Disentangling a Holobiont - Recent Advances and Perspectives in Nasonia Wasps

scientific article

Does polyandry control population sex ratio via regulation of a selfish gene?

scientific article published on 2 April 2014

Draft genome sequence of the male-killing Wolbachia strain wBol1 reveals recent horizontal gene transfers from diverse sources.

scientific article

Eight microsatellite loci for the sexually transmitted, parasitic mite Coccipolipus hippodamiae.

scientific article published on 31 January 2009

Extended genomes: symbiosis and evolution.

scientific article published on 18 August 2017

Extreme cost of rivalry in a monandrous species: male-male interactions result in failure to acquire mates and reduced longevity

scientific article published in July 2014

Heritable symbionts in a world of varying temperature.

scientific article

Hidden cytoplasmic incompatibility alters the dynamics of male-killer/host interactions.

scientific article

Horizontal Transmission of Intracellular Insect Symbionts via Plants

scientific article

Host Defence: Getting By with a Little Help from Our Friends

scientific article published on September 28, 2010

How do insects react to novel inherited symbionts? A microarray analysis of Drosophila melanogaster response to the presence of natural and introduced Spiroplasma.

scientific article published on 22 January 2011

Identifying bacterial predictors of honey bee health.

scientific article published on 3 November 2016

Immunity and symbiosis.

scientific article published on 28 July 2009

Incidence and Diversity of Torix Rickettsia-Odonata Symbioses

scientific article published on 07 August 2020

Incidence of male-killing Rickettsia spp. (alpha-proteobacteria) in the ten-spot ladybird beetle Adalia decempunctata L. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).

scientific article

Interspecific transmission of a male-killing bacterium on an ecological timescale.

scientific article published on 8 June 2010

Losing the desire: selection can promote obligate asexuality

scientific article

Male-killing Wolbachia do not protect Drosophila bifasciata against viral infection.

scientific article

Microbiology. Rapid insect evolution by symbiont transfer.

scientific article published in April 2011

Mitochondrial DNA as a marker of molecular diversity: a reappraisal.

scientific article published on 09 October 2009

No evidence that presence of sexually transmitted infection selects for reduced mating rate in the two spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata

scientific article

Perception of male-male competition influences Drosophila copulation behaviour even in species where females rarely remate.

scientific article published on 13 July 2011

Polyandry Prevents Extinction

scientific article (publication date: March 2010)

Q&A: Friends (but sometimes foes) within: the complex evolutionary ecology of symbioses between host and microbes

scientific article published on 27 December 2017

Rapid evolution of microbe-mediated protection against pathogens in a worm host

scientific article published on 15 March 2016

Rapid molecular evolution of Spiroplasma symbionts of Drosophila

scientific article published on 16 February 2021

Rapid spread of male-killing Wolbachia in the butterfly Hypolimnas bolina.

scientific article published on 13 November 2009

Reproductive parasitism: maternally inherited symbionts in a biparental world.

scientific article published on May 2015

Running with the Red Queen: the role of biotic conflicts in evolution

scientific article

Selfish Genetic Elements Promote Polyandry in a Fly

scientific article

Short reads from honey bee (Apis sp.) sequencing projects reflect microbial associate diversity

scientific article published on 12 July 2017

Solving the Wolbachia paradox: modeling the tripartite interaction between host, Wolbachia, and a natural enemy.

scientific article

Strong hybrid male incompatibilities impede the spread of a selfish chromosome between populations of a fly

scientific article published on 10 May 2018

Superparasitism Drives Heritable Symbiont Epidemiology and Host Sex Ratio in a Wasp

scientific article

Symbiont-mediated protection varies with wasp genotype in the Drosophila melanogaster-Spiroplasma interaction

scientific article published on 02 January 2020

Symbiopectobacterium purcellii, gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the leafhopper Empoasca decipiens

scientific article published on 13 June 2022

The Ecology and Evolution of Microbes that Manipulate Host Reproduction

scientific article published in 2009

The Hypercomplex Genome of an Insect Reproductive Parasite Highlights the Importance of Lateral Gene Transfer in Symbiont Biology

scientific article published on 24 March 2020

The Tissue Tropisms and Transstadial Transmission of a Rickettsia Endosymbiont in the Highland Midge, Culicoides impunctatus (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

scientific article published on 14 August 2020

The diversity of reproductive parasites among arthropods: Wolbachia do not walk alone

scientific article

The draft genome of strain Cpun from biting midges confirms insect are not a monophyletic group and reveals a novel gene family expansion in a symbiont

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The effect of hybrid transgression on environmental tolerance in experimental yeast crosses.

scientific article published on 28 September 2014

The joint evolutionary histories of Wolbachia and mitochondria in Hypolimnas bolina

scientific article

The role of host phenology in determining the incidence of an insect sexually transmitted infection

scientific article published in 2015

Transitions in symbiosis: evidence for environmental acquisition and social transmission within a clade of heritable symbionts

scientific article published on 03 May 2021

What use are male hosts? The dynamics of maternally inherited bacteria showing sexual transmission or male killing.

scientific article published in May 2009

Widespread Wolbachia infection in an insular radiation of damselflies (Odonata, Coenagrionidae)

scientific article published on 15 August 2019