Each reader will find chapters to delight him- or herself. should find a home in every biology library a solid introduction to students, and extensive reviews of the past 20 years of research for professional investigators. They also will provide hours of enjoyable reading. The books represent the flowering of decades of research by dozens of pioneering scientists, and show how important symbiosis is to the biological sciences. The topic is so rich, and the investigators so productive that the editors could continue to produce a new volume every 3 years, indefinitely. Lets hope they do. Michael F. Dolan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA ". . . chapters are like reviews and provide a good, and accurate, background of the topic under discussion. The wide-ranging nature of the content ensures that this book has something for everyone with an interest in symbiosis and it would be a useful addition to the bookshelf of any researcher with an interest in symbiosis in general." David Clarke, University College Cork, in Microbiology Today, May 2009 "This volume is a step forward in advancing the goal of using our knowledge about endosymbionts for practical pest management programs." Marjorie A. Hoy, Entomology & Nematology Department, University of Florida, in Florida Entomologist, June 2009, Vol. 92, No. 2
Kostas Bourtzis, Thomas A. Miller
Insect Symbionts and Molecular Phylogenetics. SelfNonself Recognition in Symbiotic Interactions. Is Symbiosis Evolution Influenced by the Pleiotropic Role of Programmed Cell Death in Immunity and Development? Pleiotropy of Adaptative Genes How Insecticide Resistance Genes Mediate Outcomes of Symbiosis. Capsule-Transmitted Obligate Gut Bacterium of Plataspid Stinkbugs a Novel Model System for Insect Symbiosis Studies. Endosymbiont that Broadens Food Plant Range of Host Insect. InsectBacterium Mutualism Without Vertical Transmission. Mutualism Revealed by Symbiont Genomics and Bacteriocyte Transcriptomics. Endosymbionts of Lice. Symbiotic rickettsia. Structure and Function of the Bacterial Community Associated with the Mediterranean Fruit Fly. Feminizing Wolbachia and the Evolution of Sex Determination in Isopods. Wolbachia-Induced Sex Reversal in Lepidoptera. Wolbachia and Anopheles Mosquitoes. Bacterial Symbionts in Anopheles spp. and Other Mosquito Vectors. Symbiotic Microorganisms in Leafhopper and Planthopper Vectors of Phytoplasmas in Grapevine. Paratransgenesis in Termites. Insect Facultative Symbionts Biology, Culture, and Genetic Modification. Index.