Matthew R. Doremus

Warm temperature impedes the spread of a heritable manipulative symbiont community in spider populations

The paper tests how warm temperatures affect the spread of heritable symbionts in spider populations, finding that warm conditions reduce symbiont spread and disrupt co-infections.

Identification of cytoplasmic incompatibility effectors of the reproductive manipulator Cardinium hertigii

The paper identifies two putative CI effectors from Cardinium hertigii that function similarly to known Wolbachia CI effectors despite lacking homology to cif genes.

Wolbachia feminizes a spider host with assistance from co-infecting symbionts

The paper identifies Wolbachia strain W1 as the feminizing agent in spiders and shows that co-infecting symbionts enhance feminization efficacy.

Sex-based de novo transcriptome assemblies of the parasitoid wasp Encarsia suzannae, a host of the manipulative heritable symbiont Cardinium hertigii

The paper generates sex-based de novo transcriptome assemblies for the parasitoid wasp Encarsia suzannae, revealing sex-determination gene homologs and venom proteins.