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Gregory D. D. Hurst is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a substantial focus on Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, and Genetics.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, insect-plant interactions and control, insect and pesticide research, plant and animal studies, insect behavior and control techniques, genomics and phylogenetic studies, and the role of entomopathogenic microorganisms in pest control.

Frequent publication venues for Gregory D. D. Hurst include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Current Biology, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, and The ISME Journal.

Among recent research papers authored with or by Gregory D. D. Hurst are the following:

  • Inheritance through the cytoplasm, 2022, Heredity
  • Sex determination systems as the interface between male-killing bacteria and their hosts, 2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Torix Rickettsia are widespread in arthropods and reflect a neglected symbiosis, 2021, GigaScience
  • Genomic diversity across the Rickettsia and 'Candidatus Megaira' genera and proposal of genus status for the Torix group, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Transitions in symbiosis: evidence for environmental acquisition and social transmission within a clade of heritable symbionts, 2021, The ISME Journal

Collaborations have been recorded with frequent co-authors including Stefanos Siozios (33 joint works), Jack Pilgrim (12 joint works), Helen Davison (12 joint works), Crystal L. Frost (10 joint works), and Pol Nadal-Jimenez (10 joint works).

Best Publications

  • Wolbachia pipientis: microbial manipulator of arthropod reproduction.

    R. Stouthamer;J.A.J. Breeuwer;G.D.D. Hurst

  • Mitochondrial DNA as a marker of molecular diversity: a reappraisal

    N. Galtier;Benoit Nabholz;S. Glemin;G. D. D. Hurst

  • Problems with mitochondrial DNA as a marker in population, phylogeographic and phylogenetic studies: the effects of inherited symbionts

    Gregory D.D Hurst;Francis M Jiggins

  • Functional and evolutionary insights from the genomes of three parasitoid Nasonia species.

    John H. Werren;Stephen Richards;Christopher A. Desjardins;Oliver Niehuis

  • The diversity of reproductive parasites among arthropods: Wolbachia do not walk alone

    Olivier Duron;Didier Bouchon;Sébastien Boutin;Lawrence Bellamy

  • The Ecology and Evolution of Microbes that Manipulate Host Reproduction

    Jan Engelstädter;Gregory D.D. Hurst

  • The role of selfish genetic elements in eukaryotic evolution

    Gregory D. D. Hurst;John H. Werren

  • Male–killing Wolbachia in two species of insect

    Gregory D. D. Hurst;Francis M. Jiggins;J. Hinrich Graf von der Schulenburg;Dominique Bertrand

  • Male-killing bacteria in insects: mechanisms, incidence, and implications.

    Gregory D. D. Hurst;Francis M. Jiggins

  • Male-Killing Wolbachia in Drosophila: A Temperature-Sensitive Trait With a Threshold Bacterial Density

    Gregory D. D. Hurst;Alice P. Johnson;J. Hinrich G. v. d. Schulenburg;Yoshiaki Fuyama

  • Running with the Red Queen: the role of biotic conflicts in evolution

    Michael A. Brockhurst;Tracey Chapman;Kayla C. King;Judith E. Mank

  • Rickettsial relative associated with male-killing in the ladybird beetle (Adalia bipunctata).

    J.H. Werren;G.D.D. Hurst;Wan Zhang;J.A.J. Breeuwer

  • Evolutionary consequences of Wolbachia infections

    Sylvain Charlat;Sylvain Charlat;Gregory D.D. Hurst;Hervé Merçot

  • Sex-ratio-distorting Wolbachia causes sex-role reversal in its butterfly host.

    Francis M Jiggins;Gregory D.D Hurst;Michael E.N Majerus

  • Why do maternally inherited microorganisms kill males

    Gregory D D Hurst;Michael E N Majerus

  • Persistence of an extreme sex-ratio bias in a natural population

    Emily A. Dyson;Gregory D. D. Hurst

  • Inherited microorganisms, sex-specific virulence and reproductive parasitism.

    Claudio Bandi;Alison M Dunn;Gregory D.D Hurst;Thierry Rigaud

  • The butterfly Danaus chrysippus is infected by a male-killing Spiroplasma bacterium.

    F. M. Jiggins;G. D. D. Hurst;C. D. Jiggins;J. H. G. v. d. Schulenburg

  • Evolution of male-killer suppression in a natural population.

    Emily A Hornett;Sylvain Charlat;Sylvain Charlat;Anne M. R Duplouy;Anne M. R Duplouy;Neil Davies

  • Sexually transmitted disease in a promiscuous insect, Adalia bipunctata

    Gregory D. D. Hurst;Rosie G. Sharpe;Angela H. Broomfield;Linda E. Walker

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael E. N. Majerus
Michael E. N. Majerus University of Cambridge
Francis M. Jiggins
Francis M. Jiggins University of Cambridge
Nina Wedell
Nina Wedell University of Exeter
Matthew Baylis
Matthew Baylis University of Liverpool
George K. Roderick
George K. Roderick University of California, Berkeley
John H. Werren
John H. Werren University of Rochester
Chris D. Jiggins
Chris D. Jiggins University of Cambridge
Laurence D. Hurst
Laurence D. Hurst University of Bath
Catherine L. Parr
Catherine L. Parr University of Liverpool
Richard Stouthamer
Richard Stouthamer University of California, Riverside

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