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Molecular evidence for the evolution of ichnoviruses from ascoviruses by symbiogenesis

BACKGROUND: Female endoparasitic ichneumonid wasps inject virus-like particles into their caterpillar hosts to suppress immunity. These particles are classified as ichnovirus virions and resemble ascovirus virions, which are also transmitted by parasitic wasps and attack caterpillars. Ascoviruses re...

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Autores principales: Bigot, Yves, Samain, Sylvie, Augé-Gouillou, Corinne, Federici, Brian A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2567993/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18801176
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-8-253