Sexual transmission of beneficial microbes

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Aug 2015 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Trends in Ecology & Evolution, volume 30, pages 438-440 (issn: 0169-5347,

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Authors: Chad C, Smith; Ulrich G, Mueller;

doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.05.006

pmid: 26126934

Sexual transmission of beneficial microbes

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Abstract

Beneficial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are an understudied phenomenon with important implications for the evolution of cooperation and host reproductive behavior. Challenging the prevailing expectation that sexual transmission leads to pathogenesis, these symbionts provide new opportunities to examine how STIs might influence sexual selection and the evolution of promiscuity.

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The University of Texas at Austin
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Keywords

Microbiota, Fungi, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial Physiological Phenomena, Biological Evolution, Sexual Behavior, Animal, Culicidae, Aphids, Animals, Humans, Symbiosis

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