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企画者：Takahisa Miyatake & Zenobia Lewis (Okayama University)

概要： Parasite-induced manipulation of host reproduction is a widespread phenomenon that has profound implications for our understanding of host-parasite population and evolutionary dynamics. In this symposium we will examine the relationships between parasite infection, sexual selection and biodiversity. In particular we will focus on the endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis, a pervasive parasite of arthropods.

• 1st PLENARY LECTURE: Sexual Selection and Parasite Infection (Tentative Title) Nina Wedell (University of Exeter)
• 2nd PLENARY LECTURE: Infection, symbiosis and biodiversity (Tentative Title) Takema Fukatsu (AIST)
• TALK 1: Wolbachia infection and host-parasite conflict in moths (Tentative Title) Zenobia Lewis (JSPS Fellow, Okayama University)
• TALK 2: Feminizing Wolbachia endosymbiont of Eurema butterflies (Tentative Title) Satoko Narita (JSPS Fellow, NIAS)
• TALK 3: Mutualistic Wolbachia infection in bedbugs Takahiro Hosokawa (AIST)

• COMMENTATOR: Comments from theoretical views Takehiko Hayashi (Research Center for Environmental Risk)