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Behavioural manipulation of insect hosts by Baculoviridae as a process of niche construction.
BMC evolutionary biology - 16 Aug 2013
Hamblin Steven, Tanaka Mark M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Niche construction has received increasing attention in recent years as a vital force in evolution and examples of niche construction have been identified in a wide variety of taxa, but viruses are conspicuously absent. In this study we explore how niche construction can lead to viruses engineering their hosts (including behavioural manipulation) with feedback on selective pressures for viral...
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