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Does getting defensive get you anywhere?-Seasonal balancing selection, temperature, and parasitoids shape real-world, protective endosymbiont dynamics in the pea aphid.
Molecular ecology - 1 May 2021
Smith Andrew H, O'Connor Michael P, Deal Brooke, Kotzer Coleman, Lee Amanda, Wagner Barrett, Joffe Jonah, Woloszynek Stephen, Oliver Kerry M, Russell Jacob A
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Facultative, heritable endosymbionts are found at intermediate prevalence within most insect species, playing frequent roles in their hosts' defence against environmental pressures. Focusing on Hamiltonella defensa, a common bacterial endosymbiont of aphids, we tested the hypothesis that such pressures impose seasonal balancing selection, shaping a widespread infection polymorphism. In our studied pea aphid...
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