National Academy of Sciences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 26, July 2025.
SignificanceInsects commonly establish mutualistic associations with bacteria that are inherited from mothers. Thus, any symbiont-induced effects, positive or negative, are passed to progeny. Here, we show that infection by the vertically transmitted …
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 26, July 2025. SignificanceInsects commonly establish mutualistic associations with bacteria that are inherited from mothers. Thus, any symbiont-induced effects, positive or negative, are passed to progeny. Here, we show that infection by the vertically transmitted …
