tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post5003294701269399847..comments2024-03-27T19:39:11.723-04:00Comments on Parasite of the Day: January 12 - Wolbachia pipientisSusan Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944116263349266952noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-31405844534984809092014-03-27T14:48:28.157-04:002014-03-27T14:48:28.157-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-31513947628118374932011-03-09T21:25:19.450-05:002011-03-09T21:25:19.450-05:00It's from MicrobeWiki:
http://microbewiki.keny...It's from MicrobeWiki:<br />http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Wolbachia_pipientisSusan Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05944116263349266952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-51839058983449497322011-03-09T20:48:00.996-05:002011-03-09T20:48:00.996-05:00Where is this image from? It's terrific.Where is this image from? It's terrific.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-8253581794092986412010-01-22T01:36:29.905-05:002010-01-22T01:36:29.905-05:00I guess as yet another little side note to Wolbach...I guess as yet another little side note to Wolbachia (and there are quite a lot of these coming out these days), there are now evidence which indicate Wolbachia can provide some fitness benefits to certain host insect species, ranging from supplying trace nutrients like certain vitamins, to protections against viral infection, to who knows what else. There's too many for me to cite here, but I can think of at least 5 or 6 relevant studies off the top of my head that were published in the last two or three years.<br /><br />Just goes to show, all symbionts exist along the parasite-commensal-mutualist continuum and where they sit is often context-dependent.Tommy Leunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421993204602775597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-81364606027081739572010-01-21T07:49:25.727-05:002010-01-21T07:49:25.727-05:00Actually, there may be an evolutionary advantage t...Actually, there may be an evolutionary advantage to male killing - in species where there is inter-sib competition, including those insects where larvae eat eggs. Gregory Hurst has written a lot about these scenarios. See one such review of this <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol6no4/hurst.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Susan Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05944116263349266952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-20325788140684282402010-01-21T02:34:47.594-05:002010-01-21T02:34:47.594-05:00But some of the things they do, such as killing of...But some of the things they do, such as killing of male embryos, have no evolutionary advantages to them, since it does not increase the number of females through which they can be transmitted, and at the same time dramatically skew the male to female proportion, making mating harder and mutation for resistant genes more favorable.Yang G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07235795357917139361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-67605122573280995142010-01-17T18:01:27.617-05:002010-01-17T18:01:27.617-05:00Amazing. Thank you!Amazing. Thank you!Warrenhttp://www.facebook.com/warrenlaurdenoreply@blogger.com