Response to: Comment on Rohrscheib et al. 2016 "Intensity of mutualism breakdown is determined by temperature not amplification of Wolbachia genes"

About the Authors: Chelsie E. Rohrscheib Affiliations School of Natural Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia, Griffith Research Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia Francesca D. Frentiu Affiliation: Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation and School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia Emilie Horn Affiliation: School of Natural Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia Fiona K. Ritchie Affiliation: School of Natural Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia Bruno van Swinderen Affiliation: Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia Michael W. Weible II Affiliations School of Natural Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia, Griffith Research Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia Scott L. O’Neill Affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia Jeremy C. Brownlie * E-mail: j.brownlie@griffith.edu.au Affiliations School of Natural Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia, Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0161-2204Citation: Rohrscheib CE, Frentiu FD, Horn E, Ritchie FK, van Swinderen B, Weible MW II, et al. [...]we conclude that our qPCR assay was valid and our previous estimates of Octomom copy number correct. In their commentary Chrostek and Teixeira conclude from this model that “flies carrying wMelPop with high Octomom copy numbers die faster and, therefore, at later time points these Wolbachia are depleted from the pool of total wMelPop and mean Octomom copy number decreases.” Host adaptation of a Wolbachia strain after long-term serial passage in mosquito cell lines.