Inherited microorganisms that manipulate the reproduction of their host are a common feature
in arthropod biology. Although research initially concentrated on why these manipulations …

Background Inherited bacteria have come to be recognised as important components of
arthropod biology. In addition to mutualistic symbioses, a range of other inherited bacteria are …

Antibiotic resistance is an urgent threat to global health. Antidepressants are consumed in
large quantities, with a similar pharmaceutical market share (4.8%) to antibiotics (5%). While …

The emergence of resistant pathogens in response to selection pressure by drugs and their
possible disappearance when drug use is discontinued are evolutionary processes common …

Antibiotic resistance is a serious global threat for public health. Considering the high
abundance of cell-free DNA encoding antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in both clinical and …

Strains of bacterial pathogens that have acquired mutations conferring antibiotic resistance
often have a lower growth rate and are less invasive or transmissible initially than their …

A recipe for dissolving incipient species into a continuum of phenotypes is to recombine their
genetic material. Therefore, students of speciation have become increasingly interested in …

Sexual reproduction is almost ubiquitous among multicellular organisms even though it entails
severe fitness costs. To resolve this apparent paradox, an extensive body of research has …

Meiosis is a key event of sexual life cycles in eukaryotes. Its mechanistic details have been
uncovered in several model organisms, and most of its essential features have received …

Many arthropod species are infected by maternally inherited bacteria that induce cytoplasmic
incompatibility (CI). CI causes embryonic mortality in offspring when infected males mate …