A holobiont view of island biogeography: unravelling patterns driving the nascent diversification of a Hawaiian spider and its microbial associates

• Main Authors: Armstrong, Ellie E., Perez-Lamarque, Benoît, Bi, Ke, Chen, Cerise, Becking, Leontine E., Lim, Jun Ying, Linderoth, Tyler, Krehenwinkel, Henrik, Gillespie, Rosemary G.
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences; Adaptive Radiation; Endosymbiont
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162732
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The diversification of a host lineage can be influenced by both the external environment and its assemblage of microbes. Here, we use a young lineage of spiders, distributed along a chronologically arranged series of volcanic mountains, to investigate how their associated microbial communities have...