Diverse Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Microbe-Inducing Male Killing in the Moth Homona magnanima
Hiroshi Arai, Takumi Takamatsu, Shiou-Ruei Lin, Tetsuya Mizutani, Tsutomu Omatsu, Yukie Katayama, Madoka Nakai, Yasuhisa Kunimi, Maki N. Inoue
Abstract
, and a partiti-like virus) that infect the same host. We provided evidence that microbes can cause MK through distinct mechanisms that differ in the expression of genes involved in sex determination, dosage compensation, and apoptosis. These results imply independent evolutionary scenarios for the acquisition of their MK ability.
Topics & Concepts
BiologyEvolutionary biologyComputational biologyInsect symbiosis and bacterial influencesInsect and Pesticide ResearchInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior