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DAVID C. F. RENTZ

James Cook UniversityORCID 0000-0002-2264-4523Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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The ancestral endosymbiont Blattabacterium was lost ten times independently in Blattellidae, Pseudophyllodromiidae and Anaplectidae cockroaches

Zhuli Cheng, Yukihiro Kinjo, Esra Kaymak, DAVID C. F. RENTZ, Nathan C. Lo, Frédéric Legendre, Jan Šobotník, Thomas Bourguignon

The study finds that Blattabacterium was lost ten times independently in three cockroach families, with some losses possibly compensated by Wolbachia associations.

bioRxiv · Aug 25, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology