TY - JOUR
T1 - Speciation by symbiosis
T2 - The microbiome and behavior
AU - Shropshire, J. Dylan
AU - Bordenstein, Seth R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work, including the efforts of Seth R. Bordenstein, was funded by National Science Foundation (NSF) (IOS 1456778 and DEB 1046149).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Shropshire and Bordenstein.
PY - 2016/3/31
Y1 - 2016/3/31
N2 - Species are fundamental units of comparison in biology. The newly discovered importance and ubiquity of hostassociated microorganisms are now stimulating work on the roles that microbes can play in animal speciation. We previously synthesized the literature and advanced concepts of speciation by symbiosis with notable attention to hybrid sterility and lethality. Here, we review recent studies and relevant data on microbes as players in host behavior and behavioral isolation, emphasizing the patterns seen in these analyses and highlighting areas worthy of additional exploration. We conclude that the role of microbial symbionts in behavior and speciation is gaining exciting traction and that the holobiont and hologenome concepts afford an evolving intellectual framework to promote research and intellectual exchange between disciplines such as behavior, microbiology, genetics, symbiosis, and speciation. Given the increasing centrality of microbiology in macroscopic life, microbial symbiosis is arguably the most neglected aspect of animal and plant speciation, and studying it should yield a better understanding of the origin of species.
AB - Species are fundamental units of comparison in biology. The newly discovered importance and ubiquity of hostassociated microorganisms are now stimulating work on the roles that microbes can play in animal speciation. We previously synthesized the literature and advanced concepts of speciation by symbiosis with notable attention to hybrid sterility and lethality. Here, we review recent studies and relevant data on microbes as players in host behavior and behavioral isolation, emphasizing the patterns seen in these analyses and highlighting areas worthy of additional exploration. We conclude that the role of microbial symbionts in behavior and speciation is gaining exciting traction and that the holobiont and hologenome concepts afford an evolving intellectual framework to promote research and intellectual exchange between disciplines such as behavior, microbiology, genetics, symbiosis, and speciation. Given the increasing centrality of microbiology in macroscopic life, microbial symbiosis is arguably the most neglected aspect of animal and plant speciation, and studying it should yield a better understanding of the origin of species.
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U2 - 10.1128/mBio.01785-15
DO - 10.1128/mBio.01785-15
M3 - Review article
C2 - 27034284
AN - SCOPUS:84965113038
SN - 2161-2129
VL - 7
JO - mBio
JF - mBio
IS - 2
M1 - e01785-15
ER -