Long-term and short-term effects of a unicellular symbiont on its beetle host

Abstract Gregarines are often host-specific, share a long coevolution with their host and can be viewed on a parasitism-mutualism spectrum. However, little is known about whether impacts on their hosts depend on the infection history over generations and thus transgenerational effects, or rather on...

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Main Authors: Alessa Barber, Etje Borsutzky, Caroline Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-10427-x
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