PMID: 15376774Sep 21, 2004Paper

The distribution of genotypes of the trypanosome parasite, Crithidia bombi, in populations of its host, Bombus terrestris

Parasitology
Paul Schmid-Hempel, C Reber Funk

Abstract

This study reports the distribution of parasite genotypes for the trypanosome Crithidia bombi across individual units (the colonies) in host populations of a social insect, the bumble bee Bombus terrestris. A number of microsatellite primers were developed and several of them were found to be polymorphic in our samples. Furthermore, a simple algorithm was used to identify the likely multi-locus genotypes present in multiply infected host individuals. The results demonstrated a remarkably high degree of genetic diversity among infections. A first sample from 1997 could only use a low resolution with 2 loci and showed a total of 11 different genotypes of C. bombi from 12 colonies. The sample from 2000 was analysed at 6 polymorphic loci and contained data from 8 colonies that were infected by 27 different C. bombi genotypes. Roughly 16% of all individual bees but half of all colonies (2000 sample) were infected with more than 1 genotype. The infections in the different colonies were also genetically distinct from each other, and the parasite population as a whole was in linkage disequilibrium and deviated from Hardy-Weinberg expectations. The highly structured and genetically diversified population of C. bombi is likely to result ...Continue Reading

Citations

May 11, 2011·Microbial Ecology·Hauke Koch, Paul Schmid-Hempel
Nov 16, 2011·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Hauke Koch, Paul Schmid-Hempel
Apr 24, 2009·Molecular Biology and Evolution·Lumi ViljakainenPekka Pamilo
Apr 13, 2006·Proceedings. Biological Sciences·Christopher P Yourth, Paul Schmid-Hempel
Jan 8, 2011·The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·Jia V LiOliver Balmer
Nov 29, 2014·BMC Genomics·Carolyn E RiddellEamonn B Mallon
Sep 12, 2015·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Damer P BlakeFiona M Tomley
Jan 15, 2016·Proceedings. Biological Sciences·Séverine Denise Buechel, Paul Schmid-Hempel
Dec 5, 2014·BMC Evolutionary Biology·Justyna WolinskaSabine Giessler
Nov 22, 2013·The Journal of Animal Ecology·Regula Schmid-HempelPaul Schmid-Hempel
Oct 3, 2012·Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution·Mario X Ruiz-GonzálezMark J F Brown
Nov 26, 2010·Journal of Evolutionary Biology·Y UlrichP Schmid-Hempel
Oct 3, 2012·Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution·Stuart K J R AuldTom J Little
Oct 5, 2011·Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution·Ben M Sadd
May 26, 2010·The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology·Regula Schmid-Hempel, Martina Tognazzo
Mar 21, 2006·Trends in Parasitology·Ana Rivero
Jul 7, 2015·Journal of Invertebrate Pathology·Jorgen RavoetDirk C de Graaf
Apr 11, 2015·Infection, Genetics and Evolution : Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics in Infectious Diseases·Yuko Ulrich, Paul Schmid-Hempel
Jun 20, 2006·Current Biology : CB·Ben M Sadd, Paul Schmid-Hempel
Jan 22, 2011·Infection, Genetics and Evolution : Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics in Infectious Diseases·Regula Schmid-HempelPaul Schmid-Hempel
Nov 23, 2013·Infection, Genetics and Evolution : Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics in Infectious Diseases·Gabriel Cisarovsky, Paul Schmid-Hempel
Feb 20, 2014·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Seth M BarribeauPaul Schmid-Hempel
Jan 9, 2015·Nature Communications·Hanna SusiAnna-Liisa Laine
May 23, 2016·Zoology : Analysis of Complex Systems, ZACS·Enrique González-TortueroJustyna Wolinska
May 11, 2016·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences·Monika MarxerPaul Schmid-Hempel
May 27, 2016·Proceedings. Biological Sciences·Kathrin Näpflin, Paul Schmid-Hempel
Jan 6, 2018·PloS One·Paul Schmid-HempelStefan Zoller
Sep 16, 2005·BioEssays : News and Reviews in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology·Paul Schmid-Hempel
Oct 13, 2017·The Journal of Animal Ecology·Kathrin Näpflin, Paul Schmid-Hempel
Apr 23, 2014·The Journal of Animal Ecology·Catherine M Jones, Mark J F Brown

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