Symbiont Transmission Modes and Host Specificity: A Review Across Insect Lineages

Authors

  • Endel Leemets Department of Evolutionary Biology, Saaremaa Institute of Biological Sciences, Kuressaare, Estonia Author
  • Didrik Lysgaard Department of Entomology, Lofoten Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Svolvaer, Norway Author
  • Frank Faelens Department of Microbial Ecology, Denderstreek Institute of Biological Sciences, Ninove, Belgium Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22668094

Keywords:

Symbiont Transmission Modes and Host Specificity; Biological sciences; Evidence synthesis; Reproducibility; Research methodology

Abstract

There is real interest in symbiont transmission modes and host specificity right now, and real uncertainty about exactly where it
delivers the most value. We pull together the current evidence for symbiont transmission modes and host specificity, covering the
methodological, practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers
and reviewers are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks better supported by the
evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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