<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Juliana Soto-Patiño</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kimberly K. O. Walden</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jorge Doña</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lorenzo Mario D'Alessio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sarah E. Bush</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Clayton,Dale H.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dale,Colin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kevin P. Johnson</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Independent and repeated acquisition of &lt;i&gt;Sodalis&lt;/i&gt; endosymbiotic bacteria across the diversification of feather lice</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Royal Society Open Science</style></secondary-title><short-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">R. Soc. Open. Sci.</style></short-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Avian lice</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">coevolution</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Patagioenas fasciata</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phylogenomics</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sep-01-2025</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article/12/9/251220/235428/Independent-and-repeated-acquisition-of-Sodalis</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17 pp</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;&lt;jats p=&quot;&quot;&gt; Many parasitic insects, including lice, form close relationships with endosymbiotic bacteria that are crucial for their survival. In this study, we used genomic sequencing to investigate the distribution and evolutionary history of the bacterial genus &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot; toggle=&quot;yes&quot;&gt;Sodalis&lt;/jats&gt; across a broad range of feather louse species spanning 140 genera. Phylogenomic analysis revealed significant diversity among &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot; toggle=&quot;yes&quot;&gt;Sodalis&lt;/jats&gt; lineages in feather lice and robust evidence for their independent and repeated acquisition by different louse clades throughout their radiation. Among the 1020 louse genomes analysed, at least 22% contained &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot; toggle=&quot;yes&quot;&gt;Sodalis&lt;/jats&gt; , distributed across 57 louse genera. Cophylogenetic analyses between the &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot; toggle=&quot;yes&quot;&gt;Sodalis&lt;/jats&gt; and feather louse phylogenies indicated considerable mismatch. This phylogenetic incongruence between lice and &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot; toggle=&quot;yes&quot;&gt;Sodalis&lt;/jats&gt; , along with the presence of distantly related &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot; toggle=&quot;yes&quot;&gt;Sodalis&lt;/jats&gt; lineages in otherwise closely related louse species, strongly indicates repeated independent acquisition of this endosymbiont. Additionally, evidence of cospeciation among a few closely related louse species, coupled with frequent acquisition of these endosymbionts from free-living bacteria, further highlights the diverse evolutionary processes shaping &lt;jats italic=&quot;&quot; toggle=&quot;yes&quot;&gt;Sodalis&lt;/jats&gt; endosymbiosis in feather lice. &lt;/jats&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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