Microbiome composition within a sympatric species complex of intertidal isopods (Jaera albifrons).

ABSTRACT: The increasingly recognised effects of microbiomes on the eco-evolutionary dynamics of their hosts are promoting a view of the "hologenome" as an integral host-symbiont evolutionary entity. For example, sex-ratio distorting reproductive parasites such as Wolbachia are well-studied pivotal drivers of invertebrate reproductive processes, and more recent work is highlighting novel effects of microbiome assemblages on host mating behaviour and developmental incompatibilities that underpin or reinforce reproductive isolation processes. However, examining the hologenome and its eco-evolutionary effects in natural populations is challenging because microbiome composition is considerably influenced by environmental factors. Here we illustrate these challenges in a sympatric species complex of inte

SUBMITTER: Wenzel MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6114722 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature