Pervasive horizontal transmission of Wolbachia in natural populations of closely related and widespread tropical skipper butterflies

Pervasive horizontal transmission of Wolbachia in natural populations of closely related and widespread tropical skipper butterflies

Abstract Background The endosymbiotic relationship between Wolbachia bacteria and insects has been of interest for many years due to their diverse types of host reproductive phenotypic manipulation and potential role in the host’s evolutionary history and population dynamics. Even though infection r...

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Main Authors: Pedro Ribeiro, Anzhelika Butenko, Daniel Linke, Hamid Reza Ghanavi, Joana Isabel Meier, Niklas Wahlberg, Pável Matos-Maraví
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-01-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
Hesperiidae
Wolbachia
Phylogenetics
Population dynamics
Historical demography
Skipper butterflies
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-024-03719-1
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