Rep virulence genes have been recruited convergently by nudivirus-derived Virus-Like Particles and ichnoviruses of Campoplegine wasps
A. Cerqueira de Araujo, M. Leobold, M. Cariou, B. Ferreira dos Santos, R. Uzbekov, R. Ricciardi, P. Scaramozzino, A. Lucchi, K. Musset, J.-M. Drezen, T. Josse, E. Huguet
The paper shows that nudivirus-derived VLPs and ichnoviruses in Campopleginae wasps independently recruit virulence genes, with different protein content but similar functional roles in parasitism.
bioRxiv · Dec 12, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology