Projects

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  Wolbachia effects on life-history traits in established and newly invasive mosquitoes across a latitudinal gradient

  Seed Project

  Explores the variation of a bacteria prevalence in mosquito populations, aiming to understand its effects on host traits and community dynamics through field surveys and microbial profiling.

Publications

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  Cloud et al., 2026

  Cloud, R.E., Irwin, P., Muturi, E.J., Cáceres, C.E. (2026). Characterizing the Microbiome and Prevalence of Wolbachia in Culex pipiens Complex and Culex restuans Mosquitoes in the Midwest United States. Microb Ecol (In press).

  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-026-02750-1