Endosymbiont diversity in natural populations of Tetranychus mites is rapidly lost under laboratory conditions

摘要

Changes in endosymbiont infection frequency in each spider mite population following laboratory rearing. Each box represents a population, and within each graph, columns represent the infection status by W: Wolbachia (red cells); C: Cardinium (yellow cells); and R: Rickettsia (green cells) following a 0–3 months, and b 6 months of laboratory rearing after collection in the field. White cells represent uninfected individuals. Coinfections within the same individuals are indicated by more than one shaded region on the same horizontal plane.