Wolbachia Infection Dynamics in Tribolium confusum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) and Their Effects on Host Mating Behavior and Reproduction

2015 ◽  
Vol 108 (3) ◽  
pp. 1408-1415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q.-L. Ming ◽  
J.-F. Shen ◽  
C. Cheng ◽  
C.-M. Liu ◽  
Z.-J. Feng
Keyword(s):  
Mating Behavior ◽  
Wolbachia Infection ◽  
Tribolium Confusum ◽  
Infection Dynamics ◽  
Wolbachia Infection Dynamics ◽  
Coleoptera Tenebrionidae

scholarly journals Complex wolbachia infection dynamics in mosquitoes with imperfect maternal transmission

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 523-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Zheng ◽  
Wenliang Guo ◽  
Linchao Hu ◽  
Mugen Huang ◽  
Jianshe Yu
Keyword(s):  
Wolbachia Infection ◽  
Maternal Transmission ◽  
Infection Dynamics ◽  
Wolbachia Infection Dynamics

scholarly journals Experimental evidence of Wolbachia introgressive acquisition between terrestrial isopod subspecies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Bech ◽  
Sophie Beltran-Bech ◽  
Cassandre Chupeau ◽  
Jean Peccoud ◽  
Magali Thierry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microsatellite Markers ◽  
Wolbachia Infection ◽  
Population Divergence ◽  
Mitochondrial Haplotype ◽  
Terrestrial Isopod ◽  
Mitochondrial Haplotypes ◽  
Endosymbiotic Bacteria ◽  
Infection Dynamics ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Wolbachia Infection Dynamics

Abstract Wolbachia are the most widespread endosymbiotic bacteria in animals. In many arthropod host species, they manipulate reproduction via several mechanisms that favour their maternal transmission to offspring. Among them, cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) promotes the spread of the symbiont by specifically decreasing the fertility of crosses involving infected males and uninfected females, via embryo mortality. These differences in reproductive efficiency may select for the avoidance of incompatible mating, a process called reinforcement, and thus contribute to population divergence. In the terrestrial isopod Porcellio dilatatus, the Wolbachia wPet strain infecting the subspecies P. d. petiti induces unidirectional CI with uninfected individuals of the subspecies P. d. dilatatus. To study the consequences of CI on P. d. dilatatus and P. d. petiti hybridization, mitochondrial haplotypes and Wolbachia infection dynamics, we used population cages seeded with different proportions of the two subspecies in which we monitored these genetic parameters five and seven years after the initial set up. Analysis of microsatellite markers allowed evaluating the degree of hybridization between individuals of the two subspecies. These markers revealed an increase in P. d. dilatatus nuclear genetic signature in all mixed cages, reflecting an asymmetry in hybridization. Hybridization led to the introgressive acquisition of Wolbachia and mitochondrial haplotype from P. d. petiti into nuclear genomes dominated by microsatellite markers of P. d. dilatatus. We discuss these results with regards to Wolbachia effects on their host (CI and putative fitness cost), and to a possible reinforcement that may have led to assortative mating, as possible factors contributing to the observed results.

scholarly journals Mutualistic Wolbachia Infection in Aedes albopictus: Accelerating Cytoplasmic Drive

Genetics ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 160 (3) ◽  
pp. 1087-1094
Author(s):  
Stephen L Dobson ◽  
Eric J Marsland ◽  
Wanchai Rattanadechakul
Keyword(s):  
Aedes Albopictus ◽  
Cytoplasmic Incompatibility ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Wolbachia Infection ◽  
Host Population ◽  
Population Replacement ◽  
Infection Dynamics ◽  
Model Predictions ◽  
Wolbachia Infection Dynamics ◽  
Hatching Rates

Abstract Maternally inherited rickettsial symbionts of the genus Wolbachia occur commonly in arthropods, often behaving as reproductive parasites by manipulating host reproduction to enhance the vertical transmission of infections. One manipulation is cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), which causes a significant reduction in brood hatch and promotes the spread of the maternally inherited Wolbachia infection into the host population (i.e., cytoplasmic drive). Here, we have examined a Wolbachia superinfection in the mosquito Aedes albopictus and found the infection to be associated with both cytoplasmic incompatibility and increased host fecundity. Relative to uninfected females, infected females live longer, produce more eggs, and have higher hatching rates in compatible crosses. A model describing Wolbachia infection dynamics predicts that increased fecundity will accelerate cytoplasmic drive rates. To test this hypothesis, we used population cages to examine the rate at which Wolbachia invades an uninfected Ae. albopictus population. The observed cytoplasmic drive rates were consistent with model predictions for a CI-inducing Wolbachia infection that increases host fecundity. We discuss the relevance of these results to both the evolution of Wolbachia symbioses and proposed applied strategies for the use of Wolbachia infections to drive desired transgenes through natural populations (i.e., population replacement strategies).

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