▪ Abstract Parasitoid wasps have evolved a wide spectrum of developmental interactions
with hosts. In this review we synthesize and interpret results from the phylogenetic …

Characterisation of new viruses is often hindered by difficulties in amplifying them in cell
culture, limited antigenic/serological cross‐reactivity or the lack of nucleic acid hybridisation …

Rapid, sensitive, and specific virus detection is an important component of clinical
diagnostics. Massively parallel sequencing enables new diagnostic opportunities that …

Many species of parasitoid wasps inject polydnavirus particles in order to manipulate host
defenses and development. Because the DNA packaged in these particles encodes almost …

The genomes of unicellular species, particularly prokaryotes, are greatly reduced in size and
simplified in terms of gene structure relative to those of multicellular eukaryotes. Arguments …

The Polydnaviridae (PDV), including the Bracovirus (BV) and Ichnovirus genera, originated
from the integration of unrelated viruses in the genomes of two parasitoid wasp lineages, in …

Abstract Background The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) classifies
viruses into families, genera and species and provides a regulated system for their …

In Anthropological Futures, Michael MJ Fischer explores the uses of anthropology as a
mode of philosophical inquiry, an evolving academic discipline, and a means for explicating …

Parasitic wasps produce several factors including venom, polydnaviruses (PDVs) and
specialized wasp cells named teratocytes that benefit the survival of offspring by altering the …

Symbionts often exhibit significant reductions in genome complexity while pathogens often
exhibit increased complexity through acquisition and diversification of virulence …