Factor·arcadia

Virus domestication in parasitic wasps

The process by which viral elements are integrated and adapted into host genomes, leading to domestication in parasitic wasps.

Confidence
80%
active

Source

Legeai F et al. (2020). Genomic architecture of endogenous ichnoviruses reveals distinct evolutionary pathways leading to virus domestication in parasitic wasps. doi:10.1186/s12915-020-00822-3