Genomic architecture of endogenous ichnoviruses reveals distinct evolutionary pathways leading to virus domestication in parasitic wasps
Abstract Background Polydnaviruses (PDVs) are mutualistic endogenous viruses inoculated by some lineages of parasitoid wasps into their hosts, where they facilitate successful wasp development. PDVs include the ichnoviruses and bracoviruses that originate from independent viral acquisitions in ichne...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-07-01
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Series: | BMC Biology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-020-00822-3 |