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Wolbachia co-infection in a hybrid zone: discovery of horizontal gene transfers from two Wolbachia supergroups into an animal genome.
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- Ghosts of symbionts past: the hidden history of the dynamic association between filarial nematodes and their Wolbachia endosymbionts.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2025Article
- Differential gene expression in Chorthippus parallelus (Zetterstedt, 1821) (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Gomphocerinae) induced by Wolbachia infection.Insect science · 2025Article
- Suppression of cytoplasmic incompatibility in the leaf-mining flyRoyal Society open science · 2025Article
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- A Light in the Dark: Uncovering Wolbachia-Host Interactions Using Fluorescence Imaging.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024Article
- Transinfected Wolbachia strains induce a complex of cytoplasmic incompatibility phenotypes: Roles of CI factor genes.Environmental microbiology reports · 2023Article
- Remnants of horizontal transfers of Wolbachia genes in a Wolbachia-free woodwasp.BMC ecology and evolution · 2022Article
- Narrow Genetic Diversity ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Positive Selection and Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Genome of a Male-Killing Wolbachia.Molecular biology and evolution · 2022Article
- Living in the endosymbiotic world of Wolbachia: A centennial review.Cell host & microbe · 2021Review
- Microorganisms in the reproductive tissues of arthropods.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2020Review
- Geographic and Temporal Variation of Distinct Intracellular Endosymbiont Strains of Wolbachia sp. in the Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus: a Frequency-Dependent Mechanism?Microbial ecology · 2019Article
- Functional horizontal gene transfer from bacteria to eukaryotes.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2018Review
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- Current state of knowledge onPeerJ · 2018Article
- Transcription of a B chromosome CAP-G pseudogene does not influence normal Condensin Complex genes in a grasshopper.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Chromosomal localization of Wolbachia inserts in the genomes of two subspecies of Chorthippus parallelus forming a Pyrenean hybrid zone.Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology · 2017Article
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- Eukaryotic association module in phage WO genomes from Wolbachia.Nature communications · 2016Article
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Abstract
Hybrid zones and the consequences of hybridization have contributed greatly to our understanding of evolutionary processes. Hybrid zones also provide valuable insight into the dynamics of symbiosis since each subspecies or species brings its unique microbial symbionts, including germline bacteria such as Wolbachia, to the hybrid zone. Here, we investigate a natural hybrid zone of two subspecies of the meadow grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus in the Pyrenees Mountains. We set out to test whether co-infections of B and F Wolbachia in hybrid grasshoppers enabled horizontal transfer of phage WO, similar to the numerous examples of phage WO transfer between A and B Wolbachia co-infections. While we found no evidence for transfer between the divergent co-infections, we discovered horizontal transfer of at least three phage WO haplotypes to the grasshopper genome. Subsequent genome sequencing of uninfected grasshoppers uncovered the first evidence for two discrete Wolbachia supergroups (B and F) contributing at least 448 kb and 144 kb of DNA, respectively, into the host nuclear genome. Fluorescent in situ hybridization verified the presence of Wolbachia DNA in C. parallelus chromosomes and revealed that some inserts are subspecies-specific while others are present in both subspecies. We discuss our findings in light of symbiont dynamics in an animal hybrid zone.
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