Dear Editor,Insect-fungal symbioses are fruitful testing grounds for examining coevolutionary theories,from host specificity(Stranda&Obrycki,1996;Rohrlich et al.,2018),arms-race scenarios(Pedrini et al.,2015;Stock...Dear Editor,Insect-fungal symbioses are fruitful testing grounds for examining coevolutionary theories,from host specificity(Stranda&Obrycki,1996;Rohrlich et al.,2018),arms-race scenarios(Pedrini et al.,2015;Stock et al.,2023),mutualisms(Aanen et al.,2002;Biedermann&Vega,2020)to biogeography(Zhang et al.,2014;Mueller et al.,2017).These investigations fundamentally depend on clarifying the systematics of both insect hosts and their fungal parasites,but the identities of many fungiparasitized insects are not well understood.This is because DNA from"zombie insect"tissues are invariably fragmented,and often overwhelmed by fungal mycelium(Fig.1,reviewed in Shang et al.,2015;Wang,&Wang,2017;Araujo&Hughes,2019).展开更多
As one of the most successful intracellular symbiotic bacteria,Wolbachia can infect many arthropods and nematodes.Wolbachia infection usually affects the reproduction of their hosts to promote their own proliferation ...As one of the most successful intracellular symbiotic bacteria,Wolbachia can infect many arthropods and nematodes.Wolbachia infection usually affects the reproduction of their hosts to promote their own proliferation and transmission.Currently,most of the studies focus on the mechanisms of Wolbachia interactions with host reproduction.However,in addition to distribution in the reproductive tissues,Wolbachia also infect various somatic tissues of their hosts,including the brain.This raises the potential that Wolbachia may influence some somatic processes,such as behaviors in their hosts.Sofar,information about the effects of Wolbachia infection on host behavior is still very limited.The present review presents the current literature on different aspects of the influence of Wolbachia on various behaviors,including sleep,learning and memory,mating,feeding and aggression in their insect hosts.We then highlight ongoing scientific efforts in the field that need addressing to advance this field,which can have significant implications for further developing Wolbachia as environmentally friendly biocontrol agents to control insect-borne diseases and agricultural pests.展开更多
基金ZW,SK,and BASM were supported by graduate fellowships from Harvard Graduate School of Arts and SciencesThe development of target enrichment protocols in this study was supported by a NSF DDIG award(#1601356)to BDF and BASM.
文摘Dear Editor,Insect-fungal symbioses are fruitful testing grounds for examining coevolutionary theories,from host specificity(Stranda&Obrycki,1996;Rohrlich et al.,2018),arms-race scenarios(Pedrini et al.,2015;Stock et al.,2023),mutualisms(Aanen et al.,2002;Biedermann&Vega,2020)to biogeography(Zhang et al.,2014;Mueller et al.,2017).These investigations fundamentally depend on clarifying the systematics of both insect hosts and their fungal parasites,but the identities of many fungiparasitized insects are not well understood.This is because DNA from"zombie insect"tissues are invariably fragmented,and often overwhelmed by fungal mycelium(Fig.1,reviewed in Shang et al.,2015;Wang,&Wang,2017;Araujo&Hughes,2019).
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31672352)the International Cooperation Projects of Science and Technology of Hubei Province,China(2017AHB050).
文摘As one of the most successful intracellular symbiotic bacteria,Wolbachia can infect many arthropods and nematodes.Wolbachia infection usually affects the reproduction of their hosts to promote their own proliferation and transmission.Currently,most of the studies focus on the mechanisms of Wolbachia interactions with host reproduction.However,in addition to distribution in the reproductive tissues,Wolbachia also infect various somatic tissues of their hosts,including the brain.This raises the potential that Wolbachia may influence some somatic processes,such as behaviors in their hosts.Sofar,information about the effects of Wolbachia infection on host behavior is still very limited.The present review presents the current literature on different aspects of the influence of Wolbachia on various behaviors,including sleep,learning and memory,mating,feeding and aggression in their insect hosts.We then highlight ongoing scientific efforts in the field that need addressing to advance this field,which can have significant implications for further developing Wolbachia as environmentally friendly biocontrol agents to control insect-borne diseases and agricultural pests.
