Visualization of Polydnavirus Sequences in a Parasitoid Wasp Chromosome

AUTOR(ES)

Belle, Elise

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Polydnaviruses, obligatorily associated with endoparasitoid wasps, are unique in that their segmented genome is composed of multiple double-stranded DNA circles. We present here the first cytological evidence that virus segments are integrated in the wasp genome, obtained by using in situ hybridization of virus probes with viral sequences in the chromosomes of a wasp from the braconid family of hymenopterans.

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