Parasitoids depend on other insects for the development of their offspring. Their eggs are
laid in or on a host insect that is consumed during juvenile development. Parasitoids harbor …

In recent years, much attention has been paid to comparative genomic studies of
transposable elements (TEs) and the ensuing problems of their identification, classification …

Endogenous viruses form an important proportion of eukaryote genomes and a source of
novel functions. How large DNA viruses integrated into a genome evolve when they confer a …

The organism is one of the fundamental concepts of biology and has been at the center of
many discussions about biological individuality, yet what exactly it is can be confusing. The …

Highlights•Parasitic wasp polydnaviruses are gene transfer agents encoding virulence
factors.•V. canescens Virus-Like-Particles are viral liposomes delivering virulence proteins.• …

Highlights•Viruses and their components are repeatedly exapted for diverse host
functions.•Virus components are often exapted to function in antiviral defense.•Defective …

Nudiviruses (Nudiviridae) are double-stranded DNA viruses with enveloped and rod-shaped
virions. Several insect orders (eg, Diptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Orthoptera) and aquatic …

The immune interactions occurring between parasitoids and their host insects, especially in
Drosophila–wasp models, have long been the research focus of insect immunology and …

Parasitoid wasps represent a large proportion of hymenopteran species. They have complex
evolutionary histories and are important biocontrol agents. To advance parasitoid research …

Highlights•Insect endogenous viral elements (EVE) belong to at least 28 viral families.•The
number of EVE is correlated to insect genome size.•So far most insect EVE derive from ss (−) …