Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Immunity to infections in arboviral vectors by integrated viral sequences: an evolutionary perspective
C. Crava, F. S. Varghese, E. Pischedda…·M. Bonizzoni
The paper shows that nonretroviral endogenous viral elements (nrEVEs) in Aedes aegypti confer antiviral immunity by producing piRNAs, supporting their role as heritable immunity effectors.
DOI 10.1101/2020.04.02.022509