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- Title
Modelling lifestyle changes in Insect endosymbionts, from insect mutualist to plant pathogen.
- Authors
Manning Smith, Robert; Alonso-Chavez, Vasthi; Helps, Joseph; Shaw, Michael W.; van den Bosch, Frank
- Abstract
Several insect endosymbionts have evolved to become plant pathogens, but the causes of this transition are currently unknown. In this paper, we use adaptive dynamics to develop hypotheses to explain why an insect endosymbiont would evolve to become a plant pathogen. We develop a model of facultative insect endosymbionts, capable of both vertical transmission within the insect population and horizontal transmission between insect and plant populations. We assume that an evolutionary trade-off between vertical and horizontal transmission exists. The transmission method of an endosymbiont is correlated with the nature of the symbiotic relationship between host and symbiont. We assume that vertical transmission represents an insect endosymbiont lifestyle and horizontal transmission represents a plant pathogen lifestyle. Our results suggest that temperature increases, increased agricultural intensification, disease dynamics within the plant host, insect mating system and change in the host plant of the insect may influence an evolutionary transition from an insect endosymbiont to a plant pathogen.
- Subjects
PHYTOPATHOGENIC microorganisms; INSECT-plant relationships; INSECT host plants; WOLBACHIA; HOST plants; INSECT populations; AGRICULTURAL intensification
- Publication
Evolutionary Ecology, 2020, Vol 34, Issue 6, p867
- ISSN
0269-7653
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10682-020-10071-z