Weevil carbohydrate intake triggers endosymbiont proliferation: a trade-off between host benefit and endosymbiont burden
E. Dell'Aglio, V. Lacotte, S. Peignier, I. Rahioui, F. Benzaoui, A. Vallier, P. d. Silva, E. Desouhant, A. Heddi, R. Rebollo
The paper shows that host carbohydrate intake triggers endosymbiont proliferation in beetles, which is beneficial for cuticle formation but can harm host survival under poor diet conditions.
bioRxiv · Jul 6, 2022Evolutionary Biology