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A need to consider the evolutionary genetics of host-symbiont mutualisms

scientific article published on 12 October 2020

Add Ecology to the Pre-Medical Curriculum ⬇️

scientific article published on March 16, 2012

An integrative approach to symbiont-mediated vector control for agricultural pathogens

scientific article published on 26 February 2020

An out-of-body experience: the extracellular dimension for the transmission of mutualistic bacteria in insects

scientific article published in April 2015

Ancient host-pathogen associations maintained by specificity of chemotaxis and antibiosis

scientific article

Aphid facultative symbionts reduce survival of the predatory lady beetle Hippodamia convergens

scientific article

Aphid reproductive investment in response to mortality risks

scientific article

Aphids indirectly increase virulence and transmission potential of a monarch butterfly parasite by reducing defensive chemistry of a shared food plant.

scientific article published on 7 March 2011

Association with a novel protective microbe facilitates host adaptation to a stressful environment

scientific article published in 2021

Biogeography and Microscale Diversity Shape the Biosynthetic Potential of Fungus-growing Ant-associated Pseudonocardia

scholarly article published 10 February 2019

Can a Symbiont (Also) Be Food?

scientific article published on 07 November 2019

Characterisation of immune responses in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

scientific article published on 23 March 2011

Complex host-pathogen coevolution in the Apterostigma fungus-growing ant-microbe symbiosis

scientific article

Condition-dependent alteration of cellular immunity by secondary symbionts in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum.

scientific article published on 14 December 2015

Diet-microbiome-disease: Investigating diet's influence on infectious disease resistance through alteration of the gut microbiome ⬇️

scientific article published on 31 October 2019

Disease management in two sympatric <i>Apterostigma</i> fungus-growing ants for controlling the parasitic fungus <i>Escovopsis</i>

scientific article published on 02 May 2021

Effects of a field-sprayed antibiotic on bee foraging behavior and pollination in pear orchards

scientific article published in 2024

Escherichia coli K-12 pathogenicity in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, reveals reduced antibacterial defense in aphids.

scientific article published on 20 April 2011

Establishment and maintenance of aphid endosymbionts after horizontal transfer is dependent on host genotype.

scientific article

Even obligate symbioses show signs of ecological contingency: Impacts of symbiosis for an invasive stinkbug are mediated by host plant context ⬇️

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

Evolution of animal immunity in the light of beneficial symbioses

scientific article published on 10 August 2020

Experimental Evolution as an Underutilized Tool for Studying Beneficial Animal–Microbe Interactions

scientific article

Exploiting a mutualism: parasite specialization on cultivars within the fungus-growing ant symbiosis

scientific article published in September 2004

Exposure to bacterial signals does not alter pea aphids' survival upon a second challenge or investment in production of winged offspring.

scientific article

Exposure to natural pathogens reveals costly aphid response to fungi but not bacteria

scientific article published on 23 January 2014

Fungi inhabiting attine ant colonies: reassessment of the genus Escovopsis and description of Luteomyces and Sympodiorosea gens. nov

scientific article published on 24 August 2021

Fungus-farming insects: multiple origins and diverse evolutionary histories

scientific article

Genetic variation in resistance and fecundity tolerance in a natural host-pathogen interaction.

scientific article published on 6 May 2014

Harnessing evolution to elucidate the consequences of symbiosis

scientific article published on 10 February 2015

Horizontally transferred fungal carotenoid genes in the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae

scientific article

How symbiosis and ecological context influence the variable expression of transgenerational wing induction upon fungal infection of aphids

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Immunity and other defenses in pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum ⬇️

scientific article published on 23 February 2010

Interchangeable allies: exploiting development and selection to swap symbionts

scientific article

Labile associations between fungus-growing ant cultivars and their garden pathogens

scientific article published on 12 July 2007

Leucoagaricus gongylophorus produces diverse enzymes for the degradation of recalcitrant plant polymers in leaf-cutter ant fungus gardens

scientific article (publication date: June 2013)

Life-history strategy determines constraints on immune function

scientific article published on 17 February 2017

Mechanisms of symbiont-conferred protection against natural enemies: an ecological and evolutionary framework

scientific article published on 19 August 2014

Microbiology. Animal behavior and the microbiome

scientific article

Non-immunological defense in an evolutionary framework

scientific article published on 23 March 2011

Patterns of Specificity of the Pathogen Escovopsis across the Fungus-Growing Ant Symbiosis

scientific article published on 12 May 2016

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

scientific article published on 27 December 2017

Small genome of the fungus Escovopsis weberi, a specialized disease agent of ant agriculture

scientific article published on 14 March 2016

Specificity in the symbiotic association between fungus-growing ants and protective Pseudonocardia bacteria

scientific article published on 24 November 2010

Symbiont Digestive Range Reflects Host Plant Breadth in Herbivorous Beetles

scientific article published on 29 May 2020

Symbiont Genomic Features and Localization in the Bean Beetle <i>Callosobruchus maculatus</i>

scientific article published on 26 May 2021

Symbiont-mediated protection against fungal pathogens in pea aphids: a role for pathogen specificity?

scientific article

Symbiosis and insect diversification: an ancient symbiont of sap-feeding insects from the bacterial phylum Bacteroidetes

scientific article

Symbiosis research, technology, and education: Proceedings of the 6th International Symbiosis Society Congress held in Madison Wisconsin, USA, August 2009

scientific article published on 30 June 2010

The Bean Beetle Microbiome Project: A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience in Microbiology

scientific article published on 15 September 2020

The Evolution of Agriculture in Insects

scientific article (publication date: December 2005)

The Give and Take of Host-Microbe Symbioses ⬇️

scientific article published on July 17, 2013

The Importance of Environmentally Acquired Bacterial Symbionts for the Squash Bug (<i>Anasa tristis</i>), a Significant Agricultural Pest

scientific article published on 04 October 2021

The combined effects of bacterial symbionts and aging on life history traits in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

scientific article

The effects of on fitness after heat stress

scientific article published on 18 February 2019

The genome sequence of the leaf-cutter ant Atta cephalotes reveals insights into its obligate symbiotic lifestyle

scientific article

The influence of symbiotic bacteria on reproductive strategies and wing polyphenism in pea aphids responding to stress

scientific article published on 31 January 2019

The power of paired genomes ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2011

The resilience of reproductive interference

scientific article published in 2021

The symbiont side of symbiosis: do microbes really benefit?

scientific article

Transcriptional profile and differential fitness in a specialist milkweed insect across host plants varying in toxicity

scientific article

Transcriptomics of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) reveals that toxic host plants alter expression of detoxification genes and down-regulate a small number of immune genes

scientific article published on 23 September 2019

Variation in Pseudonocardia antibiotic defence helps govern parasite-induced morbidity in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants.

scientific article

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