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Mark A. Munson
Researcher at University of California, Davis
Publications - 10
Citations - 1385
Mark A. Munson is an academic researcher from University of California, Davis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Buchnera & Gene. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 10 publications receiving 1341 citations.
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A molecular clock in endosymbiotic bacteria is calibrated using the insect hosts
TL;DR: Rates calibrated using dates inferred from fossil aphids imply that Asian and American species of the aphid tribe Melaphidina diverged by the early Eocene; this result confirms an earlier hypothesis based on biogeographic evidence.
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Evidence for the establishment of aphid-eubacterium endosymbiosis in an ancestor of four aphid families.
Mark A. Munson,Paul Baumann,Marta A. Clark,Linda Baumann,Nancy A. Moran,D. J. Voegtlin,B. C. Campbell +6 more
TL;DR: These findings suggest that this endocytobiotic association was established in a common ancestor of the four aphid families with subsequent diversification into the present species of aphids and their endosymbionts.
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Buchnera gen. nov. and Buchnera aphidicola sp. nov., a Taxon Consisting of the Mycetocyte-Associated, Primary Endosymbionts of Aphids
TL;DR: It is proposed that the primary endosymbionts found in the mycetocytes of Schizaphis graminum (green bug) is designated the type strain of this species and should be placed in Buchnera gen. and BuchnerA aphidicola sp.
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The Eubacterial Endosymbionts of Whiteflies (Homoptera: Aleyrodoidea) Constitute a Lineage Distinct from the Endosymbionts of Aphids and Mealybugs
Marta A. Clark,Linda Baumann,Mark A. Munson,Paul Baumann,Bruce C. Campbell,James E. Duffus,Lance S. Osborne,Nancy A. Moran +7 more
TL;DR: Sequence analysis of the genes for the 16S rRNA of the endosymbionts of Bemisia tabaci, Siphoninus phillyreae, and Trialeurodes vaporariorum indicates that these organisms are closely related and constitute a distinct lineage within the γ-subdivision of the Proteobacteria.
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Phylogenetic relationships of the endosymbionts of mealybugs (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) based on 165 rDNA sequences
TL;DR: It is suggested that the endosymbiosis of mealybugs is a consequence of a single bacterial infection and indicate that this ancestor was different from the ancestor involved in aphid endosYmbiosis.