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Quevarec L, Morran LT, Dufourcq-Sekatcheff E, Armant O, Adam-Guillermin C, Bonzom JM, Réale D. Host defense alteration in Caenorhabditis elegans after evolution under ionizing radiation. BMC Ecol Evol 2024; 24:95. [PMID: 38982371 PMCID: PMC11234525 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-024-02282-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 07/11/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Adaptation to a stressor can lead to costs on other traits. These costs play an unavoidable role on fitness and influence the evolutionary trajectory of a population. Host defense seems highly subject to these costs, possibly because its maintenance is energetically costly but essential to the survival. When assessing the ecological risk related to pollution, it is therefore relevant to consider these costs to evaluate the evolutionary consequences of stressors on populations. However, to the best of our knowledge, the effects of evolution in irradiate environment on host defense have never been studied. Using an experimental evolution approach, we analyzed fitness across 20 transfers (about 20 generations) in Caenorhabditis elegans populations exposed to 0, 1.4, and 50.0 mGy.h- 1 of 137Cs gamma radiation. Then, populations from transfer 17 were placed in the same environmental conditions without irradiation (i.e., common garden) for about 10 generations before being exposed to the bacterial parasite Serratia marcescens and their survival was estimated to study host defense. Finally, we studied the presence of an evolutionary trade-off between fitness of irradiated populations and host defense. RESULTS We found a lower fitness in both irradiated treatments compared to the control ones, but fitness increased over time in the 50.0 mGy.h- 1, suggesting a local adaptation of the populations. Then, the survival rate of C. elegans to S. marcescens was lower for common garden populations that had previously evolved under both irradiation treatments, indicating that evolution in gamma-irradiated environment had a cost on host defense of C. elegans. Furthermore, we showed a trade-off between standardized fitness at the end of the multigenerational experiment and survival of C. elegans to S. marcescens in the control treatment, but a positive correlation between the two traits for the two irradiated treatments. These results indicate that among irradiated populations, those most sensitive to ionizing radiation are also the most susceptible to the pathogen. On the other hand, other irradiated populations appear to have evolved cross-resistance to both stress factors. CONCLUSIONS Our study shows that adaptation to an environmental stressor can be associated with an evolutionary cost when a new stressor appears, even several generations after the end of the first stressor. Among irradiated populations, we observed an evolution of resistance to ionizing radiation, which also appeared to provide an advantage against the pathogen. On the other hand, some of the irradiated populations seemed to accumulate sensitivities to stressors. This work provides a new argument to show the importance of considering evolutionary changes in ecotoxicology and for ecological risk assessment.
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- Loïc Quevarec
- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SERPEN/LECO, Cadarache, Saint Paul Lez Durance, 13115, France.
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- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SERPEN/LECO, Cadarache, Saint Paul Lez Durance, 13115, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SERPEN/LECO, Cadarache, Saint Paul Lez Durance, 13115, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-SANTE/SDOS/LMDN, Cadarache, Saint Paul Lez Durance, 13115, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SERPEN/LECO, Cadarache, Saint Paul Lez Durance, 13115, France
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- Département des sciences biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Drosophila melanogaster as an emerging model host for entomopathogenic fungi. FUNGAL BIOL REV 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fbr.2022.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Sandrock C, Leupi S, Wohlfahrt J, Kaya C, Heuel M, Terranova M, Blanckenhorn WU, Windisch W, Kreuzer M, Leiber F. Genotype-by-Diet Interactions for Larval Performance and Body Composition Traits in the Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens. INSECTS 2022; 13:insects13050424. [PMID: 35621760 PMCID: PMC9147266 DOI: 10.3390/insects13050424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Revised: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Simple Summary The bioconversion of organic waste into valuable insect protein as an alternative animal feed ingredient has the potential to improve agricultural sustainability and may become a key element of future circular economy. However, while insects farmed for feed production are considered livestock from a regulatory perspective, systematic linking of genetic resource characterisations and fundamental phenotyping, crucial for precision breeding and feeding schemes, remains scarce even for prime insect candidates, such as the black soldier fly (BSF). The present study initiated to fill this knowledge gap by experimentally assessing BSF genotype-by-diet interactions for a number of economically and ecologically relevant larval phenotypic traits. Besides pervasive diet effects, strong impact of BSF genetic background and ubiquitous environment-mediated interactions were found. This implies some of the so-far unexplained response variation across global BSF studies could be driven by previously neglected mechanisms of genetic specificity, and thus that the concept of broad conspecific plasticity in this insect is likely too simplistic. Instead, it is emphasised that matching BSF genetics to dietary contexts is vital for purposive production optimisation, particularly when extrapolated to large-scale operations. These insights highlight that establishing tailored BSF breeding as an independent branch offers veritable opportunities to efficiently support this growing agricultural sector. Abstract Further advancing black soldier fly (BSF) farming for waste valorisation and more sustainable global protein supplies critically depends on targeted exploitation of genotype-phenotype associations in this insect, comparable to conventional livestock. This study used a fully crossed factorial design of rearing larvae of four genetically distinct BSF strains (FST: 0.11–0.35) on three nutritionally different diets (poultry feed, food waste, poultry manure) to investigate genotype-by-environment interactions. Phenotypic responses included larval growth dynamics over time, weight at harvest, mortality, biomass production with respective contents of ash, fat, and protein, including amino acid profiles, as well as bioconversion and nitrogen efficiency, reduction of dry matter and relevant fibre fractions, and dry matter loss (emissions). Virtually all larval performance and body composition traits were substantially influenced by diet but also characterised by ample BSF genetic variation and, most importantly, by pronounced interaction effects between the two. Across evaluated phenotypes, variable diet-dependent rankings and the lack of generally superior BSF strains indicate the involvement of trade-offs between traits, as their relationships may even change signs. Conflicting resource allocation in light of overall BSF fitness suggests anticipated breeding programs will require complex and differential selection strategies to account for pinpointed trait maximisation versus multi-purpose resilience.
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- Christoph Sandrock
- Department of Livestock Sciences, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Ackerstrasse 113, 5070 Frick, Switzerland; (S.L.); (J.W.); (C.K.); (F.L.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Livestock Sciences, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Ackerstrasse 113, 5070 Frick, Switzerland; (S.L.); (J.W.); (C.K.); (F.L.)
- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Eschikon 27, 8315 Lindau, Switzerland; (M.H.); (M.K.)
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- Department of Livestock Sciences, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Ackerstrasse 113, 5070 Frick, Switzerland; (S.L.); (J.W.); (C.K.); (F.L.)
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- Department of Livestock Sciences, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Ackerstrasse 113, 5070 Frick, Switzerland; (S.L.); (J.W.); (C.K.); (F.L.)
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland;
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Eschikon 27, 8315 Lindau, Switzerland; (M.H.); (M.K.)
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- AgroVet-Strickhof, ETH Zurich, Eschikon 27, 8315 Lindau, Switzerland;
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland;
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- Animal Nutrition, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University Munich, Liesel-Beckmann-Strasse 2, 85354 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany;
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Eschikon 27, 8315 Lindau, Switzerland; (M.H.); (M.K.)
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- Department of Livestock Sciences, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Ackerstrasse 113, 5070 Frick, Switzerland; (S.L.); (J.W.); (C.K.); (F.L.)
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Shahrestani P, King E, Ramezan R, Phillips M, Riddle M, Thornburg M, Greenspan Z, Estrella Y, Garcia K, Chowdhury P, Malarat G, Zhu M, Rottshaefer SM, Wraight S, Griggs M, Vandenberg J, Long AD, Clark AG, Lazzaro BP. The molecular architecture of Drosophila melanogaster defense against Beauveria bassiana explored through evolve and resequence and quantitative trait locus mapping. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2021; 11:6371870. [PMID: 34534291 PMCID: PMC8664422 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Little is known about the genetic architecture of antifungal immunity in natural populations. Using two population genetic approaches, quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping and evolve and resequence (E&R), we explored D. melanogaster immune defense against infection with the fungus Beauveria bassiana. The immune defense was highly variable both in the recombinant inbred lines from the Drosophila Synthetic Population Resource used for our QTL mapping and in the synthetic outbred populations used in our E&R study. Survivorship of infection improved dramatically over just 10 generations in the E&R study, and continued to increase for an additional nine generations, revealing a trade-off with uninfected longevity. Populations selected for increased defense against B. bassiana evolved cross resistance to a second, distinct B. bassiana strain but not to bacterial pathogens. The QTL mapping study revealed that sexual dimorphism in defense depends on host genotype, and the E&R study indicated that sexual dimorphism also depends on the specific pathogen to which the host is exposed. Both the QTL mapping and E&R experiments generated lists of potentially causal candidate genes, although these lists were nonoverlapping.
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- Parvin Shahrestani
- Department of Biological Science, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton CA, 92831, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia MO, 65211, USA
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- Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis OR, 97331, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton CA, 92831, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton CA, 92831, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine CA, 92692, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, 14853, USA
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- USDA ARS Emerging Pets and Pathogens Research Unit, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture & Health, Ithaca NY, 14853, USA
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- USDA ARS Emerging Pets and Pathogens Research Unit, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture & Health, Ithaca NY, 14853, USA
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- USDA ARS Emerging Pets and Pathogens Research Unit, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture & Health, Ithaca NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine CA, 92692, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, 14853, USA
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Biganski S, Fückel S, Jehle JA, Kleespies RG. Infection effects of the new microsporidian species Tubulinosema suzukii on its host Drosophila suzukii. Sci Rep 2021; 11:10151. [PMID: 33980962 PMCID: PMC8115128 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89583-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Microsporidian infections of insects are important natural constraints of population growth, often reducing lifespan, fecundity and fertility of the infected host. The recently discovered Tubulinosema suzukii infects Drosophila suzukii (spotted wing drosophila, SWD), an invasive pest of many fruit crops in North America and Europe. In laboratory tests, fitness effects on larval and adult stages were explored. High level infection after larval treatment caused up to 70% pupal mortality, a decreased lifespan and a 70% reduced oviposition of emerging adults in biparental infection clusters. A shift to higher proportion of female offspring compared to controls suggested a potential parthenogenetic effect after microsporidian infection. A clear sex-linkage of effects was noted; females were specifically impaired, as concluded from fecundity tests with only infected female parents. Additive effects were noted when both parental sexes were infected, whereas least effects were found with only infected male parents, though survival of males was most negatively affected if they were fed with T. suzukii spores in the adult stage. Although most negative effects on fitness parameters were revealed after larval treatment, infection of offspring was never higher than 4%, suggesting limited vertical transmission. For that reason, a self-reliant spread in natural SWD populations would probably only occur by spore release from cadavers or frass.
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- Sarah Biganski
- Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, Julius Kühn Institute, Heinrichstraße 243, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, Julius Kühn Institute, Heinrichstraße 243, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany.,Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstraße 10, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, Julius Kühn Institute, Heinrichstraße 243, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, Julius Kühn Institute, Heinrichstraße 243, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany.
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Lau LY, Nguyen LT, Reverter A, Moore SS, Lynn A, McBride‐Kelly L, Phillips‐Rose L, Plath M, Macfarlane R, Vasudivan V, Morton L, Ardley R, Ye Y, Fortes MRS. Gene regulation could be attributed to TCF3 and other key transcription factors in the muscle of pubertal heifers. Vet Med Sci 2020; 6:695-710. [PMID: 32432381 PMCID: PMC7738712 DOI: 10.1002/vms3.278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2019] [Revised: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Puberty is a whole-body event, driven by the hypothalamic integration of peripheral signals such as leptin or IGF-1. In the process of puberty, reproductive development is simultaneous to growth, including muscle growth. To enhance our understanding of muscle function related to puberty, we performed transcriptome analyses of muscle samples from six pre- and six post-pubertal Brahman heifers (Bos indicus). Our aims were to perform differential expression analyses and co-expression analyses to derive a regulatory gene network associate with puberty. As a result, we identified 431 differentially expressed (DEx) transcripts (genes and non-coding RNAs) when comparing pre- to post-pubertal average gene expression. The DEx transcripts were compared with all expressed transcripts in our samples (over 14,000 transcripts) for functional enrichment analyses. The DEx transcripts were associated with "extracellular region," "inflammatory response" and "hormone activity" (adjusted p < .05). Inflammatory response for muscle regeneration is a necessary aspect of muscle growth, which is accelerated during puberty. The term "hormone activity" may signal genes that respond to progesterone signalling in the muscle, as the presence of this hormone is an important difference between pre- and post-pubertal heifers in our experimental design. The DEx transcript with the highest average expression difference was a mitochondrial gene, ENSBTAG00000043574 that might be another important link between energy metabolism and puberty. In the derived co-expression gene network, we identified six hub genes: CDC5L, MYC, TCF3, RUNX2, ATF2 and CREB1. In the same network, 48 key regulators of DEx transcripts were identified, using a regulatory impact factor metric. The hub gene TCF3 was also a key regulator. The majority of the key regulators (22 genes) are members of the zinc finger family, which has been implicated in bovine puberty in other tissues. In conclusion, we described how puberty may affect muscle gene expression in cattle.
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- Li Yieng Lau
- School of Chemistry and Molecular BiologyThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food InnovationThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and FoodQueensland Biosciences PrecinctBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food InnovationThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular BiologyThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular BiologyThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular BiologyThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular BiologyThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular BiologyThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular BiologyThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular BiologyThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular BiologyThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular BiologyThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular BiologyThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQLDAustralia
- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food InnovationThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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Kangassalo K, Sorvari J, Nousiainen I, Pölkki M, Valtonen TM, Krams I, Rantala MJ. Intra- and Trans-Generational Phenotypic Responses of the Greater Wax Moth, Galleria mellonella, to a Low-Nutrition Larval Diet. ANN ZOOL FENN 2020. [DOI: 10.5735/086.057.0111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Katariina Kangassalo
- Department of Biology, Section of Ecology, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Aquaculture, Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, EE-51014 Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Biology, Section of Ecology, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biology, Section of Ecology, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland
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- Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Center, Rātsupītes iela 1, LV-1067 Rīga, Latvia
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- Department of Biology, Section of Ecology, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland
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Preston CE, Agnello AM, Vermeylen F, Hajek AE. Impact of Nosema maddoxi on the survival, development, and female fecundity of Halyomorpha halys. J Invertebr Pathol 2019; 169:107303. [PMID: 31812561 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2019.107303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Revised: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Nosema maddoxi Becnel, Solter, Hajek, Huang, Sanscrainte, & Estep, a microsporidian species native to the United States, has been found infecting the invasive brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål). Microsporidian infections in insects often shorten lifespans, decrease fecundity, prolong development, and stunt growth. This study was conducted to determine the impact of N. maddoxi on H. halys fitness. Adult females (2 doses) and nymphs (1 dose) drank suspensions of N. maddoxi spores to promote infection. Adult females receiving a high dose died faster than the controls. Nosema maddoxi infections impacted female egg production and egg viability at both doses compared with the controls. Infections were transmitted to 34.9% of adult males caged with infected females. As the number of days after inoculation increased, infection intensity (# spores found within an infected individual) for both adult treatments transitioned from low-intensity to high-intensity. Infected nymphs died significantly sooner than the controls. Of the treated nymphs, 55.9% died before molting into the fourth instar and only 26.5% eclosed to adults. Nymphal development rate and size were not impacted by N. maddoxi infection. These results indicate that N. maddoxi infection can negatively impact the lifespan of adult females, female fecundity, egg viability, and nymphal survival, which we hypothesize would negatively impact H. halys population densities.
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- Carrie E Preston
- Department of Entomology, 129 Garden Ave., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-2601, USA.
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell AgriTech, 15 Castle Creek Dr., Geneva, NY 14456-1371, USA.
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- Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit, 104 Academic Surge A, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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- Department of Entomology, 129 Garden Ave., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-2601, USA.
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Kawecki TJ. Sexual selection reveals a cost of pathogen resistance undetected in life-history assays. Evolution 2019; 74:338-348. [PMID: 31814118 PMCID: PMC7028033 DOI: 10.1111/evo.13895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Accepted: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Mechanisms of resistance to pathogens and parasites are thought to be costly and thus to lead to evolutionary trade‐offs between resistance and life‐history traits expressed in the absence of the infective agents. On the other hand, sexually selected traits are often proposed to indicate “good genes” for resistance, which implies a positive genetic correlation between resistance and success in sexual selection. Here I show that experimental evolution of improved resistance to the intestinal pathogen Pseudomonas entomophila in Drosophila melanogaster was associated with a reduction in male sexual success. Males from four resistant populations achieved lower paternity than males from four susceptible control populations in competition with males from a competitor strain, indicating an evolutionary cost of resistance in terms of mating success and/or sperm competition. In contrast, no costs were found in larval viability, larval competitive ability and population productivity assayed under nutritional limitation; together with earlier studies this suggests that the costs of P. entomophila resistance for nonsexual fitness components are negligible. Thus, rather than indicating heritable pathogen resistance, sexually selected traits expressed in the absence of pathogens may be sensitive to costs of resistance, even if no such costs are detected in other fitness traits.
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- Tadeusz J Kawecki
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, CH 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Wilson JK, Ruiz L, Davidowitz G. Dietary Protein and Carbohydrates Affect Immune Function and Performance in a Specialist Herbivore Insect (Manduca sexta). Physiol Biochem Zool 2019; 92:58-70. [DOI: 10.1086/701196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Penley MJ, Greenberg AB, Khalid A, Namburar SR, Morran LT. No measurable fitness cost to experimentally evolved host defence in the Caenorhabditis elegans-Serratia marcescens
host-parasite system. J Evol Biol 2018; 31:1976-1981. [DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2018] [Revised: 07/27/2018] [Accepted: 08/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Department of Biology; Emory University; Atlanta GA USA
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Parallel and costly changes to cellular immunity underlie the evolution of parasitoid resistance in three Drosophila species. PLoS Pathog 2017; 13:e1006683. [PMID: 29049362 PMCID: PMC5663624 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Revised: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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A priority for biomedical research is to understand the causes of variation in susceptibility to infection. To investigate genetic variation in a model system, we used flies collected from single populations of three different species of Drosophila and artificially selected them for resistance to the parasitoid wasp Leptopilina boulardi, and found that survival rates increased 3 to 30 fold within 6 generations. Resistance in all three species involves a large increase in the number of the circulating hemocytes that kill parasitoids. However, the different species achieve this in different ways, with D. melanogaster moving sessile hemocytes into circulation while the other species simply produce more cells. Therefore, the convergent evolution of the immune phenotype has different developmental bases. These changes are costly, as resistant populations of all three species had greatly reduced larval survival. In all three species resistance is only costly when food is in short supply, and resistance was rapidly lost from D. melanogaster populations when food is restricted. Furthermore, evolving resistance to L. boulardi resulted in cross-resistance against other parasitoids. Therefore, whether a population evolves resistance will depend on ecological conditions including food availability and the presence of different parasite species.
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Panchenko PL, Kornilova MB, Perfilieva KS, Markov AV. Contribution of symbiotic microbiota to adaptation of Drosophila melanogaster to an unfavorable growth medium. BIOL BULL+ 2017. [DOI: 10.1134/s1062359017040100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Fisher KJ, Lang GI. Experimental evolution in fungi: An untapped resource. Fungal Genet Biol 2016; 94:88-94. [PMID: 27375178 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2016.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Revised: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 06/30/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Historically, evolutionary biology has been considered an observational science. Examining populations and inferring evolutionary histories mold evolutionary theories. In contrast, laboratory evolution experiments make use of the amenability of traditional model organisms to study fundamental processes underlying evolution in real time in simple, but well-controlled, environments. With advances in high-throughput biology and next generation sequencing, it is now possible to propagate hundreds of parallel populations over thousands of generations and to quantify precisely the frequencies of various mutations over time. Experimental evolution combines the ability to simultaneously monitor replicate populations with the power to vary individual parameters to test specific evolutionary hypotheses, something that is impractical or infeasible in natural populations. Many labs are now conducting laboratory evolution experiments in nearly all model systems including viruses, bacteria, yeast, nematodes, and fruit flies. Among these systems, fungi occupy a unique niche: with a short generation time, small compact genomes, and sexual cycles, fungi are a particularly valuable and largely untapped resource for propelling future growth in the field of experimental evolution. Here, we describe the current state of fungal experimental evolution and why fungi are uniquely positioned to answer many of the outstanding questions in the field. We also review which fungal species are most well suited for experimental evolution.
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- Kaitlin J Fisher
- Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA.
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Gupta V, Venkatesan S, Chatterjee M, Syed ZA, Nivsarkar V, Prasad NG. No apparent cost of evolved immune response in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution 2016; 70:934-43. [PMID: 26932243 DOI: 10.1111/evo.12896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2015] [Revised: 02/19/2016] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Maintenance and deployment of the immune system are costly and are hence predicted to trade-off with other resource-demanding traits, such as reproduction. We subjected this longstanding idea to test using laboratory experimental evolution approach. In the present study, replicate populations of Drosophila melanogaster were subjected to three selection regimes-I (Infection with Pseudomonas entomophila), S (Sham-infection with MgSO4 ), and U (Unhandled Control). After 30 generations of selection flies from the I regime had evolved better survivorship upon infection with P. entomophila compared to flies from U and S regimes. However, contrary to expectations and previous reports, we did not find any evidence of trade-offs between immunity and other life history related traits, such as longevity, fecundity, egg hatchability, or development time. After 45 generations of selection, the selection was relaxed for a set of populations. Even after 15 generations, the postinfection survivorship of populations under relaxed selection regime did not decline. We speculate that either there is a negligible cost to the evolved immune response or that trade-offs occur on traits such as reproductive behavior or other immune mechanisms that we have not investigated in this study. Our research suggests that at least under certain conditions, life-history trade-offs might play little role in maintaining variation in immunity.
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- Vanika Gupta
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, P.O. Manauli, Mohali, Punjab, 140306, India
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, P.O. Manauli, Mohali, Punjab, 140306, India
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, P.O. Manauli, Mohali, Punjab, 140306, India
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, P.O. Manauli, Mohali, Punjab, 140306, India
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, P.O. Manauli, Mohali, Punjab, 140306, India
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, P.O. Manauli, Mohali, Punjab, 140306, India.
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Zhu X, Yang Y, Wu Q, Wang S, Xie W, Guo Z, Kang S, Xia J, Zhang Y. Lack of fitness costs and inheritance of resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac toxin in a near-isogenic strain of Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2016; 72:289-297. [PMID: 25684167 DOI: 10.1002/ps.3991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2014] [Revised: 01/27/2015] [Accepted: 02/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) formulations in insects may be associated with fitness costs. A lack of costs enables resistance alleles to persist, which may contribute to the rapid development and spread of resistance in populations. RESULTS To assess the fitness costs associated with Bt Cry1Ac resistance in Plutella xylostella, life tables were constructed for a near-isogenic resistant strain (NIL-R) and a susceptible strain in this study. No fitness costs associated with Cry1Ac resistance in NIL-R were detected, based on the duration of egg and larval stages, the survival of eggs and larvae, adult longevity, fecundity, net reproductive rate, gross reproduction rate, finite rate of increase and mean generation time. Based on log dose-probit lines, resistance in NIL-R is incompletely recessive and results from a single, autosomal, recessive locus; the degree of dominance was estimated to be -0.74 and -0.71 for F1 (resistant ♀ × susceptible ♂) and F1 ' (susceptible ♀ × resistant ♂) progeny respectively. CONCLUSION Assessment of near-isogenic Cry1Ac-resistant and Cry1Ac-susceptible strains of P. xylostella indicated that resistance is not accompanied with fitness costs, and that resistance is incompletely recessive. These findings should be useful in managing the development of Bt Cry1Ac resistance.
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- Xun Zhu
- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Faria VG, Martins NE, Paulo T, Teixeira L, Sucena É, Magalhães S. Evolution of Drosophila resistance against different pathogens and infection routes entails no detectable maintenance costs. Evolution 2015; 69:2799-809. [PMID: 26496003 DOI: 10.1111/evo.12782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2015] [Revised: 09/04/2015] [Accepted: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Pathogens exert a strong selective pressure on hosts, entailing host adaptation to infection. This adaptation often affects negatively other fitness-related traits. Such trade-offs may underlie the maintenance of genetic diversity for pathogen resistance. Trade-offs can be tested with experimental evolution of host populations adapting to parasites, using two approaches: (1) measuring changes in immunocompetence in relaxed-selection lines and (2) comparing life-history traits of evolved and control lines in pathogen-free environments. Here, we used both approaches to examine trade-offs in Drosophila melanogaster populations evolving for over 30 generations under infection with Drosophila C Virus or the bacterium Pseudomonas entomophila, the latter through different routes. We find that resistance is maintained after up to 30 generations of relaxed selection. Moreover, no differences in several classical life-history traits between control and evolved populations were found in pathogen-free environments, even under stresses such as desiccation, nutrient limitation, and high densities. Hence, we did not detect any maintenance costs associated with resistance to pathogens. We hypothesize that extremely high selection pressures commonly used lead to the disproportionate expression of costs relative to their actual occurrence in natural systems. Still, the maintenance of genetic variation for pathogen resistance calls for an explanation.
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- Vítor G Faria
- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Apartado 14, 2781-901, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Apartado 14, 2781-901, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Apartado 14, 2781-901, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Apartado 14, 2781-901, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Apartado 14, 2781-901, Oeiras, Portugal. .,Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, edifício C2, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal.
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- cE3c: Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, edifício C2, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal.
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Tate AT, Graham AL. Dynamic Patterns of Parasitism and Immunity across Host Development Influence Optimal Strategies of Resource Allocation. Am Nat 2015; 186:495-512. [DOI: 10.1086/682705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Vijendravarma RK, Narasimha S, Chakrabarti S, Babin A, Kolly S, Lemaitre B, Kawecki TJ. Gut physiology mediates a trade‐off between adaptation to malnutrition and susceptibility to food‐borne pathogens. Ecol Lett 2015; 18:1078-86. [DOI: 10.1111/ele.12490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Revised: 06/28/2015] [Accepted: 07/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution University of Lausanne CH 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution University of Lausanne CH 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution University of Lausanne CH 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Global Health Institute EPFL CH 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution University of Lausanne CH 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Tobler R, Hermisson J, Schlötterer C. Parallel trait adaptation across opposing thermal environments in experimental Drosophila melanogaster populations. Evolution 2015; 69:1745-59. [PMID: 26080903 PMCID: PMC4755034 DOI: 10.1111/evo.12705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2014] [Revised: 03/18/2015] [Accepted: 06/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Thermal stress is a pervasive selective agent in natural populations that impacts organismal growth, survival, and reproduction. Drosophila melanogaster exhibits a variety of putatively adaptive phenotypic responses to thermal stress in natural and experimental settings; however, accompanying assessments of fitness are typically lacking. Here, we quantify changes in fitness and known thermal tolerance traits in replicated experimental D. melanogaster populations following more than 40 generations of evolution to either cyclic cold or hot temperatures. By evaluating fitness for both evolved populations alongside a reconstituted starting population, we show that the evolved populations were the best adapted within their respective thermal environments. More strikingly, the evolved populations exhibited increased fitness in both environments and improved resistance to both acute heat and cold stress. This unexpected parallel response appeared to be an adaptation to the rapid temperature changes that drove the cycling thermal regimes, as parallel fitness changes were not observed when tested in a constant thermal environment. Our results add to a small, but growing group of studies that demonstrate the importance of fluctuating temperature changes for thermal adaptation and highlight the need for additional work in this area.
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- Ray Tobler
- Institut für Populationsgenetik, Vetmeduni Vienna, Veterinärplatz 1, Vienna, A-1210, Austria
- Vienna Graduate School of Population Genetics, Vetmeduni Vienna, Veterinärplatz 1, Vienna, A-1210, Austria
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Vienna, Nordbergstrasse 15, 1090, Vienna, Austria
- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9, 1030, Vienna, Austria
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- Institut für Populationsgenetik, Vetmeduni Vienna, Veterinärplatz 1, Vienna, A-1210, Austria.
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Mitchell CL, Yeager RD, Johnson ZJ, D’Annunzio SE, Vogel KR, Werner T. Long-Term Resistance of Drosophila melanogaster to the Mushroom Toxin Alpha-Amanitin. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0127569. [PMID: 25978397 PMCID: PMC4433104 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2015] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Insect resistance to toxins exerts not only a great impact on our economy, but also on the ecology of many species. Resistance to one toxin is often associated with cross-resistance to other, sometimes unrelated, chemicals. In this study, we investigated mushroom toxin resistance in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster (Meigen). This fruit fly species does not feed on mushrooms in nature and may thus have evolved cross-resistance to α-amanitin, the principal toxin of deadly poisonous mushrooms, due to previous pesticide exposure. The three Asian D. melanogaster stocks used in this study, Ama-KTT, Ama-MI, and Ama-KLM, acquired α-amanitin resistance at least five decades ago in their natural habitats in Taiwan, India, and Malaysia, respectively. Here we show that all three stocks have not lost the resistance phenotype despite the absence of selective pressure over the past half century. In response to α-amanitin in the larval food, several signs of developmental retardation become apparent in a concentration-dependent manner: higher pre-adult mortality, prolonged larva-to-adult developmental time, decreased adult body size, and reduced adult longevity. In contrast, female fecundity nearly doubles in response to higher α-amanitin concentrations. Our results suggest that α-amanitin resistance has no fitness cost, which could explain why the resistance has persisted in all three stocks over the past five decades. If pesticides caused α-amanitin resistance in D. melanogaster, their use may go far beyond their intended effects and have long-lasting effects on ecosystems.
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- Chelsea L. Mitchell
- Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Experimental and Systems Pharmacology, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America
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Dietary mechanism behind the costs associated with resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis in the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni. PLoS One 2014; 9:e105864. [PMID: 25171126 PMCID: PMC4149471 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2013] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Beneficial alleles that spread rapidly as an adaptation to a new environment are often associated with costs that reduce the fitness of the population in the original environment. Several species of insect pests have evolved resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins in the field, jeopardizing its future use. This has most commonly occurred through the alteration of insect midgut binding sites specific for Bt toxins. While fitness costs related to Bt resistance alleles have often been recorded, the mechanisms behind them have remained obscure. We asked whether evolved resistance to Bt alters dietary nutrient intake, and if reduced efficiency of converting ingested nutrients to body growth are associated with fitness costs and variation in susceptibility to Bt. We fed the cabbage looper Trichoplusia ni artificial diets differing in levels of dietary imbalance in two major macronutrients, protein and digestible carbohydrate. By comparing a Bt-resistant T. ni strain with a susceptible strain we found that the mechanism behind reduced pupal weights and growth rates associated with Bt-resistance in T. ni was reduced consumption rather than impaired conversion of ingested nutrients to growth. In fact, Bt-resistant T. ni showed more efficient conversion of nutrients than the susceptible strain under certain dietary conditions. Although increasing levels of dietary protein prior to Bt challenge had a positive effect on larval survival, the LC50 of the resistant strain decreased when fed high levels of excess protein, whereas the LC50 of the susceptible strain continued to rise. Our study demonstrates that examining the nutritional basis of fitness costs may help elucidate the mechanisms underpinning them.
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Martins NE, Faria VG, Nolte V, Schlötterer C, Teixeira L, Sucena É, Magalhães S. Host adaptation to viruses relies on few genes with different cross-resistance properties. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:5938-43. [PMID: 24711428 PMCID: PMC4000853 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1400378111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Host adaptation to one parasite may affect its response to others. However, the genetics of these direct and correlated responses remains poorly studied. The overlap between these responses is instrumental for the understanding of host evolution in multiparasite environments. We determined the genetic and phenotypic changes underlying adaptation of Drosophila melanogaster to Drosophila C virus (DCV). Within 20 generations, flies selected with DCV showed increased survival after DCV infection, but also after cricket paralysis virus (CrPV) and flock house virus (FHV) infection. Whole-genome sequencing identified two regions of significant differentiation among treatments, from which candidate genes were functionally tested with RNAi. Three genes were validated--pastrel, a known DCV-response gene, and two other loci, Ubc-E2H and CG8492. Knockdown of Ubc-E2H and pastrel also led to increased sensitivity to CrPV, whereas knockdown of CG8492 increased susceptibility to FHV infection. Therefore, Drosophila adaptation to DCV relies on few major genes, each with different cross-resistance properties, conferring host resistance to several parasites.
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Institut für Populationsgenetik, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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- Institut für Populationsgenetik, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal; and
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal; and
- Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
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Sy VE, Agnew P, Sidobre C, Michalakis Y. Reduced survival and reproductive success generates selection pressure for the dengue mosquito Aedes aegypti to evolve resistance against infection by the microsporidian parasite Vavraia culicis. Evol Appl 2014; 7:468-79. [PMID: 24822081 PMCID: PMC4001445 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2013] [Accepted: 12/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The success and sustainability of control measures aimed at reducing the transmission of mosquito-borne diseases will depend on how they influence the fitness of mosquitoes in targeted populations. We investigated the effects of the microsporidian parasite Vavraia culicis on the survival, blood-feeding behaviour and reproductive success of female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the main vector of dengue. Infection reduced survival to adulthood and increased adult female mosquito age-dependent mortality relative to uninfected individuals; this additional mortality was closely correlated with the number of parasite spores they harboured when they died. In the first gonotrophic cycle, infected females were less likely to blood-feed, took smaller meals when they did so, and developed fewer eggs than uninfected females. Even though the conditions of this laboratory study favoured minimal developmental times, the costs of infection were already being experienced by the time females reached an age at which they could first reproduce. These results suggest there will be selection pressure for mosquitoes to evolve resistance against this pathogen if it is used as an agent in a control program to reduce the transmission of mosquito-borne human diseases.
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- Victoria E Sy
- Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs: Ecologie Génétique Evolution et Contrôle (MIVEGEC), CNRS UMR 5290 Montpellier, France ; Instituto de Limnología "Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet", Universidad Nacional de La Plata-CONICET La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs: Ecologie Génétique Evolution et Contrôle (MIVEGEC), CNRS UMR 5290 Montpellier, France
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- Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs: Ecologie Génétique Evolution et Contrôle (MIVEGEC), CNRS UMR 5290 Montpellier, France
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- Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs: Ecologie Génétique Evolution et Contrôle (MIVEGEC), CNRS UMR 5290 Montpellier, France
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Shikano I, Cory JS. Genetic resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis alters feeding behaviour in the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni. PLoS One 2014; 9:e85709. [PMID: 24465656 PMCID: PMC3897465 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2013] [Accepted: 11/30/2013] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Evolved resistance to xenobiotics and parasites is often associated with fitness costs when the selection pressure is absent. Resistance to the widely used microbial insecticide Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) has evolved in several insect species through the modification of insect midgut binding sites for Bt toxins, and reports of costs associated with Bt resistance are common. Studies on the costs of Bt-resistance restrict the insect to a single artificial diet or host-plant. However, it is well documented that insects can self-select appropriate proportions of multiple nutritionally unbalanced foods to optimize life-history traits. Therefore, we examined whether Bt-resistant and susceptible cabbage loopers Trichoplusia ni differed in their nutrient intake and fitness costs when they were allowed to compose their own protein:carbohydrate diet. We found that Bt-resistant T. ni composed a higher ratio of protein to carbohydrate than susceptible T. ni. Bt-resistant males exhibited no fitness cost, while the fitness cost (reduced pupal weight) was present in resistant females. The absence of the fitness cost in resistant males was associated with increased carbohydrate consumption compared to females. We demonstrate a sex difference in a fitness cost and a new behavioural outcome associated with Bt resistance.
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- Ikkei Shikano
- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Karl I, Stoks R, Bauerfeind SS, Dierks A, Franke K, Fischer K. No trade-off between growth rate and temperature stress resistance in four insect species. PLoS One 2013; 8:e62434. [PMID: 23638084 PMCID: PMC3640073 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Accepted: 03/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Although fast growth seems to be generally favored by natural selection, growth rates are rarely maximized in nature. Consequently, fast growth is predicted to carry costs resulting in intrinsic trade-offs. Disentangling such trade-offs is of great ecological importance in order to fully understand the prospects and limitations of growth rate variation. A recent study provided evidence for a hitherto unknown cost of fast growth, namely reduced cold stress resistance. Such relationships could be especially important under climate change. Against this background we here investigate the relationships between individual larval growth rate and adult heat as well as cold stress resistance, using eleven data sets from four different insect species (three butterfly species: Bicyclus anynana, Lycaena tityrus, Pieris napi; one Dipteran species: Protophormia terraenovae). Despite using different species (and partly different populations within species) and an array of experimental manipulations (e.g. different temperatures, photoperiods, feeding regimes, inbreeding levels), we were not able to provide any consistent evidence for trade-offs between fast growth and temperature stress resistance in these four insect species.
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- Isabell Karl
- Zoological Institute & Museum, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Zoological Institute & Museum, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Zoological Institute & Museum, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Zoological Institute & Museum, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- * E-mail: Klaus.
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Comparative susceptibility of three Western honeybee taxa to the microsporidian parasite Nosema ceranae. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2013; 17:188-94. [PMID: 23619100 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2013] [Revised: 04/05/2013] [Accepted: 04/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Genetic diversity of a host species is a key factor to counter infection by parasites. Since two separation events and the beginning of beekeeping, the Western honeybee, Apis mellifera, has diverged in many phylogenetically-related taxa that share common traits but also show specific physiological, behavioural and morphological traits. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that A. mellifera taxa living in a same habitat should respond differently to parasites like Nosema ceranae, a microsporidia living in host's midgut. We used the Poulin and Combes' concept of virulence to compare the susceptibility of three A. mellifera taxa to N. ceranae infection. Three criteria were measured 10 days post-infection (dpi): the host mortality, the host sugar consumption and the development success of the parasite (i.e. number of spores produced). Interestingly, we showed that the observed variation in susceptibility to infection by N. ceranae is not linked to honeybee taxa but results from the variability between colonies, and that those differences are probably linked to genetic variations. The use of these three criteria allows us to conclude that the differences in susceptibility are mediated by a genetic variability in honeybee workers from resistance to tolerance. Finally, we discuss the consequences of our findings for beekeeping management.
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Kraaijeveld AR, Layen SJ, Futerman PH, Godfray HCJ. Lack of phenotypic and evolutionary cross-resistance against parasitoids and pathogens in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One 2012; 7:e53002. [PMID: 23285247 PMCID: PMC3528725 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2012] [Accepted: 11/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Background When organisms are attacked by multiple natural enemies, the evolution of a resistance mechanism to one natural enemy will be influenced by the degree of cross-resistance to another natural enemy. Cross-resistance can be positive, when a resistance mechanism against one natural enemy also offers resistance to another; or negative, in the form of a trade-off, when an increase in resistance against one natural enemy results in a decrease in resistance against another. Using Drosophila melanogaster, an important model system for the evolution of invertebrate immunity, we test for the existence of cross-resistance against parasites and pathogens, at both a phenotypic and evolutionary level. Methods We used a field strain of D. melanogaster to test whether surviving parasitism by the parasitoid Asobara tabida has an effect on the resistance against Beauveria bassiana, an entomopathogenic fungus; and whether infection with the microsporidian Tubulinosema kingi has an effect on the resistance against A. tabida. We used lines selected for increased resistance to A. tabida to test whether increased parasitoid resistance has an effect on resistance against B. bassiana and T. kingi. We used lines selected for increased tolerance against B. bassiana to test whether increased fungal resistance has an effect on resistance against A. tabida. Results/Conclusions We found no positive cross-resistance or trade-offs in the resistance to parasites and pathogens. This is an important finding, given the use of D. melanogaster as a model system for the evolution of invertebrate immunity. The lack of any cross-resistance to parasites and pathogens, at both the phenotypic and the evolutionary level, suggests that evolution of resistance against one class of natural enemies is largely independent of evolution of resistance against the other.
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- Alex R Kraaijeveld
- NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, London, United Kingdom.
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Linderman JA, Chambers MC, Gupta AS, Schneider DS. Infection-related declines in chill coma recovery and negative geotaxis in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One 2012; 7:e41907. [PMID: 23028430 PMCID: PMC3441536 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2012] [Accepted: 06/29/2012] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Studies of infection in Drosophila melanogaster provide insight into both mechanisms of host resistance and tolerance of pathogens. However, research into the pathways involved in these processes has been limited by the relatively few metrics that can be used to measure sickness and health throughout the course of infection. Here we report measurements of infection-related declines in flies' performance on two different behavioral assays. D. melanogaster are slower to recover from a chill-induced coma during infection with either Listeria monocytogenes or Streptococcus pneumoniae. L. monocytogenes infection also impacts flies' performance during a negative geotaxis assay, revealing a decline in their rate of climbing as part of their innate escape response after startle. In addition to providing new measures for assessing health, these assays also suggest pathological consequences of and metabolic shifts that may occur over the course of an infection.
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- Jessica A. Linderman
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Vijendravarma RK, Narasimha S, Kawecki TJ. Adaptation to abundant low quality food improves the ability to compete for limited rich food in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One 2012; 7:e30650. [PMID: 22292007 PMCID: PMC3265517 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2011] [Accepted: 12/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The rate of food consumption is a major factor affecting success in scramble competition for a limited amount of easy-to-find food. Accordingly, several studies report positive genetic correlations between larval competitive ability and feeding rate in Drosophila; both become enhanced in populations evolving under larval crowding. Here, we report the experimental evolution of enhanced competitive ability in populations of D. melanogaster previously maintained for 84 generations at low density on an extremely poor larval food. In contrast to previous studies, greater competitive ability was not associated with the evolution of higher feeding rate; if anything, the correlation between the two traits across lines tended to be negative. Thus, enhanced competitive ability may be favored by nutritional stress even when competition is not intense, and competitive ability may be decoupled from the rate of food consumption.
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Valtonen TM, Rantala MJ. Poor Early Nutrition Reveals the Trade-Off between Immune Defense and Mating Success. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.4303/epi/235523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Lankau RA. Rapid Evolutionary Change and the Coexistence of Species. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS 2011. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102710-145100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Richard A. Lankau
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30606;
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Koella JC, Saddler A, Karacs TPS. Blocking the evolution of insecticide-resistant malaria vectors with a microsporidian. Evol Appl 2011; 5:283-92. [PMID: 25568048 PMCID: PMC3353349 DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2011.00219.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2011] [Accepted: 10/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Finding a way to block the evolution insecticide resistance would be a major breakthrough for the control of malaria. We suggest that this may be possible by introducing a stress into mosquito populations that restores the sensitivity of genetically resistant mosquitoes and that decreases their longevity when they are not exposed to insecticide. We use a mathematical model to show that, despite the intense selection pressure imposed by insecticides, moderate levels of stress might tip the evolutionary balance between costs and benefits of resistance toward maintaining sensitivity. Our experimental work with the microsporidian parasite Vavraia culicis infecting two lines of resistant mosquitoes and a sensitive line suggests that it may indeed be possible to stress the mosquitoes in the required way. The mortality of resistant mosquitoes 24 h after exposure to the insecticide was up to 8.8 times higher in infected than in uninfected ones; if mosquitoes were not exposed to the insecticide, resistant mosquitoes infected by the microsporidian lived about half as long as uninfected ones and insecticide-sensitive mosquitoes (with or without the parasite). Our results suggest that biopesticides or other insecticides that interfere with the expression of resistance may help to manage insecticide resistance in programs of malaria control.
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- Division of Biology, Imperial College London Ascot, UK
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Trienens M, Rohlfs M. Experimental evolution of defense against a competitive mold confers reduced sensitivity to fungal toxins but no increased resistance in Drosophila larvae. BMC Evol Biol 2011; 11:206. [PMID: 21756302 PMCID: PMC3155124 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2011] [Accepted: 07/14/2011] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Background Fungal secondary metabolites have been suggested to function as chemical defenses against insect antagonists, i.e. predators and competitors. Because insects and fungi often compete for dead organic material, insects may achieve protection against fungi by reducing sensitivity to fungal chemicals. This, in turn, may lead to increased resistance allowing insects better to suppress the spread of antagonistic but non-pathogenic microbes in their habitat. However, it remains controversial whether fungal toxins serve as a chemical shield that selects for insects that are less sensitive to toxins, and hence favors the evolution of insect resistance against microbial competitors. Results To examine the relationship between the ability to survive competition with toxic fungi, sensitivity to fungal toxins and resistance, we created fungal-selected (FS) replicated insect lines by exposing Drosophila melanogaster larvae to the fungal competitor Aspergillus nidulans over 26 insect generations. Compared to unselected control lines (UC), larvae from the FS lines had higher survival rates in the presence of A. nidulans indicating selection for increased protection against the fungal antagonist. In line with our expectation, FS lines were less susceptible to the A. nidulans mycotoxin Sterigmatocystin. Of particular interest is that evolved protection against A. nidulans and Sterigmatocytin was not correlated with increased insect survival in the presence of other fungi and mycotoxins. We found no evidence that FS lines were better at suppressing the expansion of fungal colonies but observed a trend towards a less detrimental effect of FS larvae on fungal growth. Conclusion Antagonistic but non-pathogenic fungi favor insect variants better protected against the fungal chemical arsenal. This highlights the often proposed but experimentally underexplored importance of secondary metabolites in driving animal-fungus interactions. Instead of enhanced resistance, insect larvae tend to have evolved increased tolerance of the fungal competitor. Future studies should examine whether sensitivity to allelopathic microbial metabolites drives a trade-off between resistance and tolerance in insect external defense.
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- Monika Trienens
- Zoological Institute, Department of Evolutionary Ecology and Genetics, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Am BotanischenGarten 1-9, D-24098 Kiel, Germany
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Duncan AB, Fellous S, Kaltz O. REVERSE EVOLUTION: SELECTION AGAINST COSTLY RESISTANCE IN DISEASE-FREE MICROCOSM POPULATIONS OF PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM. Evolution 2011; 65:3462-74. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01388.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Vector-borne diseases, transmitted by bloodsucking arthropods, pose worldwide socio-medical and economical problems. Some of the major human infectious diseases, such as malaria, Dengue fever, and yellow fever, are transmitted by mosquitoes. While the majority of pathogens enjoy extracellular life styles in insects, viruses and some endosymbionts are strictly intracellular. Here, we summarize our knowledge on defense reactions against intracellular microorganisms in dipteran insects and discuss the potential of insects as models to study human pathogens.
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- Stefanie Steinert
- CNRS UPR9022, INSERM U963, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France
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Refardt D, Ebert D. The impact of infection on host competition and its relationship to parasite persistence in a Daphnia microparasite system. Evol Ecol 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s10682-011-9487-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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DION E, ZÉLÉ F, SIMON JC, OUTREMAN Y. Rapid evolution of parasitoids when faced with the symbiont-mediated resistance of their hosts. J Evol Biol 2011; 24:741-50. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02207.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Labbé P, Vale PF, Little TJ. Successfully resisting a pathogen is rarely costly in Daphnia magna. BMC Evol Biol 2010; 10:355. [PMID: 21083915 PMCID: PMC2998533 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2010] [Accepted: 11/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND A central hypothesis in the evolutionary ecology of parasitism is that trade-offs exist between resistance to parasites and other fitness components such as fecundity, growth, survival, and predator avoidance, or resistance to other parasites. These trade-offs are called costs of resistance. These costs fall into two broad categories: constitutive costs of resistance, which arise from a negative genetic covariance between immunity and other fitness-related traits, and inducible costs of resistance, which are the physiological costs incurred by hosts when mounting an immune response. We sought to study inducible costs in depth using the crustacean Daphnia magna and its bacterial parasite Pasteuria ramosa. RESULTS We designed specific experiments to study the costs induced by exposure to this parasite, and we re-analysed previously published data in an effort to determine the generality of such costs. However, despite the variety of genetic backgrounds of both hosts and parasites, and the different exposure protocols and environmental conditions used in these experiment, this work showed that costs of exposure can only rarely be detected in the D. magna-P. ramosa system. CONCLUSIONS We discuss possible reasons for this lack of detectable costs, including scenarios where costs of resistance to parasites might not play a major role in the co-evolution of hosts and parasites.
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- Pierrick Labbé
- University of Edinburgh, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, UK.
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van der Most PJ, de Jong B, Parmentier HK, Verhulst S. Trade‐off between growth and immune function: a meta‐analysis of selection experiments. Funct Ecol 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01800.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Peter J. van der Most
- Behavioural Biology, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands
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- Behavioural Biology, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands
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- Adaptation Physiology Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
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- Behavioural Biology, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands
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Texier C, Vidau C, Viguès B, El Alaoui H, Delbac F. Microsporidia: a model for minimal parasite–host interactions. Curr Opin Microbiol 2010; 13:443-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2010.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2010] [Revised: 05/04/2010] [Accepted: 05/06/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Ricklefs RE. Host-pathogen coevolution, secondary sympatry and species diversification. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2010; 365:1139-47. [PMID: 20194175 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The build-up of species locally within a region by allopatric speciation depends on geographically separated (allopatric) sister populations becoming reproductively incompatible followed by secondary sympatry. Among birds, this has happened frequently in remote archipelagos, spectacular cases including the Darwin's finches (Geospizinae) and Hawaiian honeycreepers (Drepanidinae), but similar examples are lacking in archipelagos nearer to continental landmasses. Of the required steps in the speciation cycle, achievement of secondary sympatry appears to be limiting in near archipelagos and, by extension, in continental regions. Here, I suggest that secondary sympatry might be prevented by apparent competition mediated through pathogens that are locally coevolved with one population of host and are pathogenic in sister populations. The absence of numerous pathogens in remote archipelagos might, therefore, allow sister populations to achieve secondary sympatry more readily and thereby accelerate diversification. By similar reasoning, species should accumulate relatively slowly within continental regions. In this essay, I explore the assumptions and some implications of this model for species diversification.
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- Robert E Ricklefs
- Department of Biology, University of Missouri-St Louis, One University Boulevard, St Louis, MO 63121-4499, USA.
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Jumbo-Lucioni P, Ayroles JF, Chambers MM, Jordan KW, Leips J, Mackay TF, De Luca M. Systems genetics analysis of body weight and energy metabolism traits in Drosophila melanogaster. BMC Genomics 2010; 11:297. [PMID: 20459830 PMCID: PMC2880307 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2010] [Accepted: 05/11/2010] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Background Obesity and phenotypic traits associated with this condition exhibit significant heritability in natural populations of most organisms. While a number of genes and genetic pathways have been implicated to play a role in obesity associated traits, the genetic architecture that underlies the natural variation in these traits is largely unknown. Here, we used 40 wild-derived inbred lines of Drosophila melanogaster to quantify genetic variation in body weight, the content of three major metabolites (glycogen, triacylglycerol, and glycerol) associated with obesity, and metabolic rate in young flies. We chose these lines because they were previously screened for variation in whole-genome transcript abundance and in several adult life-history traits, including longevity, resistance to starvation stress, chill-coma recovery, mating behavior, and competitive fitness. This enabled us not only to identify candidate genes and transcriptional networks that might explain variation for energy metabolism traits, but also to investigate the genetic interrelationships among energy metabolism, behavioral, and life-history traits that have evolved in natural populations. Results We found significant genetically based variation in all traits. Using a genome-wide association screen for single feature polymorphisms and quantitative trait transcripts, we identified 337, 211, 237, 553, and 152 novel candidate genes associated with body weight, glycogen content, triacylglycerol storage, glycerol levels, and metabolic rate, respectively. Weighted gene co-expression analyses grouped transcripts associated with each trait in significant modules of co-expressed genes and we interpreted these modules in terms of their gene enrichment based on Gene Ontology analysis. Comparison of gene co-expression modules for traits in this study with previously determined modules for life-history traits identified significant modular pleiotropy between glycogen content, body weight, competitive fitness, and starvation resistance. Conclusions Combining a large phenotypic dataset with information on variation in genome wide transcriptional profiles has provided insight into the complex genetic architecture underlying natural variation in traits that have been associated with obesity. Our findings suggest that understanding the maintenance of genetic variation in metabolic traits in natural populations may require that we understand more fully the degree to which these traits are genetically correlated with other traits, especially those directly affecting fitness.
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- Patricia Jumbo-Lucioni
- Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-3360, USA
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Nagel L, Robb T, Forbes MR. Inter-annual variation in prevalence and intensity of mite parasitism relates to appearance and expression of damselfly resistance. BMC Ecol 2010; 10:5. [PMID: 20152057 PMCID: PMC2829476 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-10-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2009] [Accepted: 02/14/2010] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Insects can resist parasites using the costly process of melanotic encapsulation. This form of physiological resistance has been studied under laboratory conditions, but the abiotic and biotic factors affecting resistance in natural insect populations are not well understood. Mite parasitism of damselflies was studied in a temperate damselfly population over seven seasons to determine if melanotic encapsulation of mite feeding tubes was related to degree of parasitism, host sex, host size, emergence timing, duration of the emergence period, and average daily air temperature. RESULTS Although parasite prevalence in newly emerged damselflies was > 77% each year, hosts did not resist mites in the early years of study. Resistance began the year that there was a dramatic increase in the number of mites on newly emerged damselflies. Resistance continued to be correlated with mite prevalence and intensity throughout the seven-year study. However, the percentage of hosts resisting only ranged from 0-13% among years and resistance was not sex-biased and was not correlated with host size. Resistance also was not correlated with air temperature or with timing or duration of damselfly emergence. CONCLUSIONS Resistance in host damselflies was weakly and variably expressed over the study period. Factors such as temperature, which have been identified in laboratory studies as contributing to resistance by similar hosts, can be irrelevant in natural populations. This lack of temperature effect may be due to the narrow range in temperatures observed at host emergence among years. Degree of mite parasitism predicted both the appearance and continued expression of resistance among parasitized damselflies.
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- Laura Nagel
- Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
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Bascuñán-García AP, Lara C, Córdoba-Aguilar A. Immune investment impairs growth, female reproduction and survival in the house cricket, Acheta domesticus. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 56:204-211. [PMID: 19840805 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2009] [Revised: 08/18/2009] [Accepted: 10/09/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We investigated whether an immune response is associated with growth, female reproduction and survival costs in the house cricket. Using different intensities of challenge immune (implantation of one piece of nylon (1N) and two nylons (2N), with their respective sham-challenge and control groups) with body size and exoskeleton thickness as response variables, growth costs were determined for both sexes. A similar methodology was followed for reproduction costs, in which egg number and size, and female survival were measured as response variables. It was also determined whether mated and virgin females showed different immune responses. Body size decreased with immune challenge but only in the 2N treatment. Exoskeleton thickness increased in both sham-challenge groups and the 1N group but decreased in the 2N group. Egg number decreased more in the sham-challenge groups followed by the 1N and 2N groups. The 2N group showed the largest egg size at the end of the experiment. In these females, 2N group died first followed by the 1N, two nylon sham and one nylon sham groups. Finally, mated females showed a lower immune response than virgin females. These results are consistent with ecological immunity theory. The discovery of exoskeleton-related costs of immunity and injury may have important implications for experimental design in studies of the cost of immunity.
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- Ana Priscila Bascuñán-García
- Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. P. 70-275, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Distrito Federal, Mexico, Mexico
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Evans JD, Spivak M. Socialized medicine: individual and communal disease barriers in honey bees. J Invertebr Pathol 2009; 103 Suppl 1:S62-72. [PMID: 19909975 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2009.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2009] [Accepted: 06/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Honey bees are attacked by numerous parasites and pathogens toward which they present a variety of individual and group-level defenses. In this review, we briefly introduce the many pathogens and parasites afflicting honey bees, highlighting the biology of specific taxonomic groups mainly as they relate to virulence and possible defenses. Second, we describe physiological, immunological, and behavioral responses of individual bees toward pathogens and parasites. Third, bees also show behavioral mechanisms for reducing the disease risk of their nestmates. Accordingly, we discuss the dynamics of hygienic behavior and other group-level behaviors that can limit disease. Finally, we conclude with several avenues of research that seem especially promising for understanding host-parasite relationships in bees and for developing breeding or management strategies for enhancing honey bee health. We discuss how human efforts to maintain healthy colonies intersect with similar efforts by the bees, and how bee management and breeding protocols can affect disease traits in the short and long term.
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- Jay D Evans
- USDA-ARS Bee Research Lab, BARC-East Bldg. 476, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
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Hughes WOH, Bot ANM, Boomsma JJ. Caste-specific expression of genetic variation in the size of antibiotic-producing glands of leaf-cutting ants. Proc Biol Sci 2009; 277:609-15. [PMID: 19864289 PMCID: PMC2842681 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Social insect castes represent some of the most spectacular examples of phenotypic plasticity, with each caste being associated with different environmental conditions during their life. Here we examine the level of genetic variation in different castes of two polyandrous species of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ant for the antibiotic-producing metapleural gland, which has a major role in defence against parasites. Gland size increases allometrically. The small workers that play the main role in disease defence have relatively large glands compared with larger workers, while the glands of gynes are substantially larger than those of any workers, for their body size. The gland size of large workers varies significantly between patrilines in both Acromyrmex echinatior and Acromyrmex octospinosus. We also examined small workers and gynes in A. echinatior, again finding genetic variation in gland size in these castes. There were significant positive relationships between the gland sizes of patrilines in the different castes, indicating that the genetic mechanism underpinning the patriline variation has remained similar across phenotypes. The level of expressed genetic variation decreased from small workers to large workers to gynes. This is consistent with the hypothesis that there is individual selection on disease defence in founding queens and colony-level selection on disease defence in the worker castes.
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- W O H Hughes
- Department of Biology, Centre for Social Evolution, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark.
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Lee MC, Chou HH, Marx CJ. Asymmetric, bimodal trade-offs during adaptation of Methylobacterium to distinct growth substrates. Evolution 2009; 63:2816-30. [PMID: 19545267 DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00757.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Trade-offs between selected and nonselected environments are often assumed to exist during adaptation. This phenomenon is prevalent in microbial metabolism, where many organisms have come to specialize on a narrow breadth of substrates. One well-studied example is methylotrophic bacteria that can use single-carbon (C(1)) compounds as their sole source of carbon and energy, but generally use few, if any, multi-C compounds. Here, we use adaptation of experimental populations of the model methylotroph, Methylobacterium extorquens AM1, to C(1) (methanol) or multi-C (succinate) compounds to investigate specialization and trade-offs between these two metabolic lifestyles. We found a general trend toward trade-offs during adaptation to succinate, but this was neither universal nor showed a quantitative relationship with the extent of adaptation. After 1500 generations, succinate-evolved strains had a remarkably bimodal distribution of fitness values on methanol: either an improvement comparable to the strains adapted on methanol or the complete loss of the ability to grow on C(1) compounds. In contrast, adaptation to methanol resulted in no such trade-offs. Based on the substantial, asymmetric loss of C(1) growth during growth on succinate, we suggest that the long-term maintenance of C(1) metabolism across the genus Methylobacterium requires relatively frequent use of C(1) compounds to prevent rapid loss.
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- Ming-Chun Lee
- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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