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- noun An insect
virus that integrates itself inside awasp genome .
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Dose-dependent separation of Cotesia congregata–associated polydnavirus effects on Manduca sexta larval development and immunity.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Dose-dependent separation of Cotesia congregata–associated polydnavirus effects on Manduca sexta larval development and immunity.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Dose-dependent separation of Cotesia congregata–associated polydnavirus effects on Manduca sexta larval development and immunity.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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In the lepidopteran host-wasp parasitoid system, one of the most original strategies developed by the wasps to defeat host defences is the injection of a symbiotic polydnavirus at the same time as the wasp eggs.
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To understand the constraints imposed by this particular system on virus evolution, we studied a polydnavirus gene family encoding cyteine protease inhibitors of the cystatin superfamily.
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