- viriforms;
members are
known as
polydnaviruses.
There are two
genera in the family:
Bracoform and Ichnoviriform.
Polydnaviruses form a
symbiotic relationship...
- the
superfamily Ichneumonoidea have a
mutualistic relationship with
polydnaviruses, the
viruses suppressing the host's
immune defenses.
Parasitoidism evolved...
- Volkoff, Anne-Nathalie; Lanzrein, Beatrice; Drezen, Jean-Michel (2009). "
Polydnaviruses of
Braconid Wasps Derive from an
Ancestral Nudivirus". Science. 323...
- of the
genus Cotesia. The
genus is
particularly noted for its use of
polydnaviruses.
Parasitoids are
distinct from true
parasites in that a
parasitoid will...
- ****er, Manfred; Belghazi, Maya; Pfister-Wilhem, Rita (2009-02-13). "
Polydnaviruses of
Braconid Wasps Derive from an
Ancestral Nudivirus". Science. 323...
-
attack one or a few
closely related host species. Many
species use
polydnaviruses to
suppress the
immune systems of
their host insects. Due to the wide...
-
Microgastrinae is one of six
subfamilies of
Braconidae which carry polydnaviruses. More than 100
species of
Microgastrinae have been used in biological...
- PMID 23093595. Burke,
Gaelen R.; Strand,
Michael R. (2012-01-31). "
Polydnaviruses of
Parasitic Wasps:
Domestication of
Viruses To Act as Gene Delivery...
-
Microgastrinae they are
likely koinobiont endoparasitoids and may
carry polydnaviruses. One
species of
Dirrhope has been
reared from
Ectoedemia phleophaga...
-
fairly unknown, but it is
believed that it
involves hormones and/or
polydnaviruses. The
larva will
influence the
spider to the
extent that it will build...
