Comments on: Beetle pest destroys coffee plants with a gene stolen from bacteria http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/02/27/beetle-pest-destroys-coffee-plants-with-a-gene-stolen-from-bacteria/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Robert Ramirez PhD http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/02/27/beetle-pest-destroys-coffee-plants-with-a-gene-stolen-from-bacteria/#comment-14415 Robert Ramirez PhD Sun, 01 Apr 2012 21:20:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6439#comment-14415 Vega et al. (Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 95:374, 2002) reported the maternal inheritance of Wolbachia by beetle offspring. They detected Wolbachia in coffee beetles from Africa and the Americas. They thought this bacterium played a role in sex determination. Could it be that these bacteria also conferred a nutritional advantage? Vega et al. (Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 95:374, 2002) reported the maternal inheritance of Wolbachia by beetle offspring. They detected Wolbachia in coffee beetles from Africa and the Americas. They thought this bacterium played a role in sex determination. Could it be that these bacteria also conferred a nutritional advantage?

]]> By: peter adlowitz http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/02/27/beetle-pest-destroys-coffee-plants-with-a-gene-stolen-from-bacteria/#comment-14414 peter adlowitz Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:43:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6439#comment-14414 could there be a connection to the cycle of the citrus Huanglongbing syndrome? could there be a connection to the cycle of the citrus Huanglongbing syndrome?

]]> By: Bruce Clement http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/02/27/beetle-pest-destroys-coffee-plants-with-a-gene-stolen-from-bacteria/#comment-14413 Bruce Clement Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:18:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6439#comment-14413 Hi Ed, Should the "copy beans" in "galactomannan, one of the major carbohydrates in copy beans" read "coffee beans"? Hi Ed,

Should the “copy beans” in “galactomannan, one of the major carbohydrates in copy beans” read “coffee beans”?

]]> By: Ryan F http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/02/27/beetle-pest-destroys-coffee-plants-with-a-gene-stolen-from-bacteria/#comment-14412 Ryan F Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:18:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6439#comment-14412 Hmm...seems link to original research is broken. DOI doesn't exist. Hmm…seems link to original research is broken. DOI doesn’t exist.

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