Behavior of Wolbachia endosymbionts from Drosophila simulans in Drosophila serrata, a novel host

American Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 975-988

  Clancy, David J ^a   Hoffmann, Ary A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOPARASITE; FITNESS DEFICIT; INCOMPATIBILITY; NOVEL HOST; TRANSMISSION RATE;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA SERRATA; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; DROSOPHILIDAE; WOLBACKIA;

EID: 0030620327     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286033     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Ashburner, M. 1989. Drosophila: a laboratory handbook. Cold Spring Harbor, New York.
2. Blows, M. W. 1993. The genetics of central and marginal populations of Drosophila serrata. II. Hybrid breakdown in fitness components as a correlated response to selection for desiccation resistance. Evolution 47:1271-1285.
3. Boyle, L., S. L. O'Neill, H. M. Robertson, and T. L. Karr. 1993. Horizontal transfer of Wolbachia pipientis by microinjection of egg cytoplasm: infection levels and the expression of cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila. Science (Washington, D.C.) 260:1796-1799.
4. Braig, H. R., H. Guzman, R. B. Tesh, and S. L. O'Neill. 1994. Replacement of the natural Wolbachia symbiont of Drosophila simulans with a mosquito counterpart. Nature (London) 367:453-455.
5. Breeuwer, J. A. J., and J. H. Werren. 1990. Microorganisms associated with chromosome destruction and reproductive isolation between two insect species. Nature (London) 346:558-560.
6. Bressac, C., and F. Roussel. 1993. The reproductive incompatibility system in Drosophila simulons: DAPI-staining analysis of the Wolbachia sperm cysts. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 61:226-330.
7. Callaini, G., M. G. Riparbelli, and R. Dallai. 1994. The distribution of cytoplasmic bacteria in early Drosophila embryos is mediated by astral microtubules. Journal of Cell Science 107:673-682.
8. Chang, N. W., and M. J. Wade. 1994. The transfer of Wolbachia pipientis and reproductive incompatibility between infected and uninfected strains of the flour beetle, Tribolium confusion, by microinjection. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 40:978-981.
9. Giordano, R., S. L. O'Neill, and H. M. Robertson. 1995. Wolbachia infections and the expression of cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila sechellia and D. mauritiana. Genetics 140:1307-1317.
10. Hoffmann, A. A. 1988. Partial cytoplasmic incompatibility between two Australian populations of D. melanogaster. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 48:61-67.
11. Hoffmann, A. A., M. Turelli, and G. M. Simmons. 1986. Unidirectional incompatibility between populations of Drosophila simulans. Evolution 40:692-701.
12. Hoffmann, A. A., M. Turelli, and L. G. Harshman. 1990. Factors affecting the distribution of cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila simulons. Genetics 126:933-948.
13. Hoffmann, A. A., D. J. Clancy, and E. Merton. 1994. Cytoplasmic incompatibility in Australian populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 136:993-999.
14. Hoffmann, A. A., D. J. Clancy, and J. Duncan. 1996. Naturally-occurring Wolbachia infection in Drosophila simulons that does not cause cytoplasmic incompatibility. Heredity 76:1-8.
15. Kose, H., and T. L. Karr. 1995. Organisation of Wolbachia pipientis in the Drosophila fertilized egg and embryo revealed by an anti-Wolbachia monoclonal antibody. Mechanisms of Development 51:275-288.
16. Nigro, L. 1991. The effect of heteroplasmy on cytoplasmic incompatibility in transplasmic lines of Drosophila simulons showing a complete replacement of the mitochondrial DNA. Heredity 66:41-45.
17. O'Neill, S. L., and T. L. Karr. 1990. Bidirectional incompatibility between conspecific populations of Drosophila simulons. Nature (London) 348:178-180.
18. O'Neill, S. L., R. Giordano, A. M. E. Colbert, T. L. Karr, and H. M. Robertson. 1992. 16S rRNA phylogenetic analysis of the bacterial endosymbionts associated with cytoplasmic incompatibility in insects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 89:2699-2702.
19. Rousset, F., and E. De Stordeur. 1994. Properties of Drosophila simulons experimentally infected by different clones of the bacterium Wolbachia. Heredity 72:325-331.
20. Rousset, F., D. Bouchon, B. Pintureau, P. Juchault, and M. Solignac. 1992. Wolbachia endosymbionts responsible for various alterations of sexuality in arthropods. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, Biological Sciences 250:91-98.
21. Solignac, M., D. Vautrin, and F. Rousset. 1994. Widespread occurrence of the proteobacteria Wolbachia and partial cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila melanogaster. Compte Rendus de l'Academie des Science Serie III, Science de la Vie 317:461-470.
22. Stouthamer, R., J. A. J. Breeuwer, R. F. Luck, and J. H. Werren. 1993. Molecular identification of microorganisms associated with parthenogenesis. Nature (London) 361:66-68.
23. Turelli, M. 1994. Evolution of incompatibility-inducing microbes and their hosts. Evolution 48:1500-1513.
24. Turelli, M., and A. A. Hoffmann. 1991. Rapid spread of an inherited incompatibility factor in Californian Drosophila. Nature (London) 353:440-442.
25. _. 1995. Cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila simulons: dynamics and parameter estimates from natural populations. Genetics 140:1319-1338.
26. Turelli, M., A. A. Hoffmann, and S. W. McKechnie. 1992. Dynamics of cytoplasmic incompatibility and mtDNA variation in natural Drosophila simulons populations. Genetics 132:713-723.
27. Wade, M. J., and N. W. Chang 1995. Increased male fertility in Tribolium confusum beetles after infection with the intracellular parasite Wolbachia. Nature (London) 373:72-74.
28. Wade, M. J., and L. Stevens. 1994. The effect of population subdivision on the rate of spread of parasite-mediated cytoplasmic incompatibility. Journal of Theoretical Biology 167:81-87.
29. Werren, J. H., D. Windsor, and L. Guo. 1995. Distribution of Wolbachia among Neotropical arthropods. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, Biological Sciences 262:197-204.