Endogenous viruses of parasitic wasps: variations on a common theme
JM Drezen, M Leobold, A Bézier, E Huguet… - Current opinion in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Parasitic wasp polydnaviruses are gene transfer agents encoding virulence
factors.•V. canescens Virus-Like-Particles are viral liposomes delivering virulence proteins.•
Polydnaviruses evolved twice following endogenization of different viruses.•Virus-Like-
Particles evolved following a third event of virus endogenization.In a remarkable example of
convergent evolution, several parasitic wasp lineages have independently captured and
maintained complex DNA virus machineries, used to transfer virulence factors. Parasitic …
factors.•V. canescens Virus-Like-Particles are viral liposomes delivering virulence proteins.•
Polydnaviruses evolved twice following endogenization of different viruses.•Virus-Like-
Particles evolved following a third event of virus endogenization.In a remarkable example of
convergent evolution, several parasitic wasp lineages have independently captured and
maintained complex DNA virus machineries, used to transfer virulence factors. Parasitic …