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Texas A&M University System
Publishes on Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects, Insect Resistance and Genetics, Plant Virus Research Studies. 102 papers and 10.4k citations.
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A virus that replicates in the ovary of a parasitoid wasp is injected into the parasitoid's host during oviposition. Successful development of th parasitoid egg within the host depends on the presence of th virus, which acts to suppress the host's immune response (encapsulation) toward the egg. This is an example of obligatory mutualism between a virus and a eukaryotic organism.