Association·arcadia
Plutella xylostella may acquire N protein via parasite-to-host HGT
Claim that the diamondback moth Plutella xylostella, a host of parasitoid wasps, has a viral nucleocapsid protein homolog, possibly resulting from parasite-to-host horizontal gene transfer.
Confidence
70%
active
Evidence Quote
“Plutella xylostella may have acquired the nucleocapsid protein via host–parasite HGT”
Relationship
Ixodes persulcatus rhabdovirus N protein (KAG0427517.1) HGT Plutella xylostella viral-like N protein