Wasps Captured Viruses in DNA as Part of Evolutionary Mechanism (8 of 8) (IMAGE)

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Wasps Captured Viruses in DNA as Part of Evolutionary Mechanism (8 of 8)

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Venturia canescens virus-like particles (VLP) in the wasp oviduct (colorized transmission electron microscopy). This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Nov. 27, 2015, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by A. Pichon at INRA in Montpellier Cedex, France, and colleagues was titled, 'Recurrent DNA virus domestication leading to different parasite virulence strategies.'

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[Credit: Marc Ravallec, DGIMI-INRA]

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