?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.212693&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Phylosymbiosis+and+the+microbiome+of+the+native+Australian+stingless+bee+Tetragonula+carbonaria&rft.creator=Tarlinton%2C+Boyd&rft.subject=Native+Australian+bees&rft.subject=Microbiome&rft.subject=Social+insects&rft.subject=Symbiosis&rft.subject=Tetragonula+carbonaria&rft.subject=16S+rRNA&rft.subject=Amplicon+Sequence+Variants&rft.subject=Operational+Taxonomic+Units&rft.subject=Metabarcoding&rft.subject=Phylosymbiosis&rft.description=Tetragonula+carbonaria+(Smith+1854)+is+a+native+Australian+stingless+bee%2C+hosting+a+diverse+range+of+bacterial+symbionts.+T.+carbonaria+is+used+as+a+model+to+explore+how+relationships+between+host+insects+and+the+microbiome+occur+and+can+be+detected+within+a+single+species%2C+shedding+light+on+how+host-microbiome+associations+arise+and+are+maintained+across+the+corbiculate+bees.+Host-microbiome+relationships+are+considered+through+the+lens+of+phylosymbiosis.+Methods+for+detecting+phylosymbiosis+are+explored%3B+different+bioinformatics+and+statistical+techniques+are+compared%2C+with+implications+for+future+studies.+Bayesian+modelling+is+used+to+predict+possible+routes+of+acquisition+of+bee+symbionts.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2021&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F212693%2F1%2FBoyd_Tarlinton_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.rights=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-nc-nd%2F4.0%2F&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.212693&rft.relation=Tarlinton%2C+Boyd+(2021)+Phylosymbiosis+and+the+microbiome+of+the+native+Australian+stingless+bee+Tetragonula+carbonaria.+Master+of+Philosophy+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F212693%2F&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Science%3B+School+of+Biology+%26+Environmental+Science