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Mixed genotype transmission bodies and virions contribute to the maintenance of diversity in an insect virus.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Mar 2010
Clavijo Gabriel, Williams Trevor, Muñoz Delia, Caballero Primitivo, López-Ferber Miguel
Abstract excerpt
An insect nucleopolyhedrovirus naturally survives as a mixture of at least nine genotypes. Infection by multiple genotypes results in the production of virus occlusion bodies (OBs) with greater pathogenicity than those of any genotype alone. We tested the hypothesis that each OB contains a genotypically diverse population of virions. Few insects died following inoculation with an experimental two-genotype mixture...
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