Additional file 3 of Pervasive horizontal transmission of Wolbachia in natural populations of closely related and widespread tropical skipper butterflies
Data, Tables and Figures for Bennett, GM, Pantoja, NA, and O’Grady, PM 2012. Diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Wolbachia in Drosophila and other native Hawaiian insects. Fly 6(4): 273-283.
Ants are evolutionarily successful species and occupy diverse trophic and habitat niches on the earth. To fulfill dietary requirements, ants have established commensalism with both sap-feeding insects
Symbiotic relationships with microbes are widespread in insects, traversing a broad spectrum of reciprocal dependency, intimacy, duration, and cooperation. Many insect taxa are...
1. Most animals host communities of symbiotic bacteria. In insects, these symbionts may have particularly intimate interactions with their hosts: many are intracellular and can play important roles in