Influential Passengers

Inherited Microorganisms and Arthropod Reproduction

O'Neill, Hoffmann, Werren

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Oxford University Press
01 October 1997

Evolution; Microbiology (non-medical); Animal reproduction; Insects (entomology)

The vast majority of animals have intimate associations with bacteria that live inside them, sometimes as parasites, but often, as with gut flora, essential to their very existence. Recently, attention have been drawn to a class of bacteria that have profound implications for the evolution and ecology of the hosts they infect - bacteria that can manipulate their host's reproduction. So far, research has focused on invertebrates.

This is the first comprehensive and systematic review of the activities of these reproductive parasites. It explores not only the intriguing theoretical questions raised by the relationships between symbiotic bacteria and their hosts, but also discusses a number of exciting practical applications, such as the potential for controlling disease-transmitting insects. Chapters on sex reversal, sex-ratio distortion, and evolution are included. This is a timely and up-to-the-minute exploration of a new, exciting, and rapidly expanding area of biology.

Edited by: O'Neill, Hoffmann, Werren
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 404g
ISBN: 9780198501732
ISBN 10: 0198501730
Pages: 226
Publication Date: 01 October 1997
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Influential Passengers: Inherited Microorganisms and Arthropod Reproduction

Three of the six chapters of this book are written by the editors; they concern the evolution of heritable endosymbionts, insect cytoplasmic incompatibility (in Drosophila, Tribolium, Nasonia, and mosquitoes), and possible relationships between symbionts and pest control. . . . Richard Stouthamer has contributed a well-plotted and informative chapter, Wolbachia-induced parthenogenesis. . . . The complementary chapter by Hurst et al. covers male-killing and sex-ratio distorters (i.e., the prevention of Y or 'null' or Z chromosomes from participating in embryonated eggs), and that by Rigaud reviews pertinent situations in isopods and amphipods, among other crustaceans. . . . The contents of the chapters by Rigaud, Stouthamer, and Hurst et al. are not easily located in recent, accessible literature. They are new and skillful contributions for most of us. --The Quarterly Review of Biology<br>