Polydnaviruses of parasitic wasps:Domestication of viruses to act as gene delivery vectors

Insects

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-119

  Burke, Gaelen R ^a   Strand, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Parasitoid; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 84864580058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/insects3010091     Document Type: Review

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