Comments on: Not merely bioweaponized, but mutualistic bioweaponized wasps

By: I'll see your bornaviruses, and raise with a poxvirus | Mystery Rays from Outer Space

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:35:33 +0000

[...] wasps that have developed a symbiotic relationship with polydnaviruses (see my posts here and here), and braconids’ incorporation of nudivirus genomes already trumps the bornavirus findings. [...]

By: Simon Carrington

Simon Carrington — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:33:15 +0000

This makes my skin crawl thinking about it lol…. Ewwww…. thanks for the info :~)

By: How the aphid got its wings | Mystery Rays from Outer Space

How the aphid got its wings | Mystery Rays from Outer Space — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:45:48 +0000

[...] got its wings”, url: “http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/2009/05/27/how-the-aphid-got-its-wings/” });Bioweaponized wasps shooting mutualistic immune suppressive viruses at their prey! Pew! Pew! Pew! [...]

By: Haley Turow

Haley Turow — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:34:24 +0000

What do you think would be benefits to the wasp if it was cured of the virus?

By: Cath@VWXYNot?

Cath@VWXYNot? — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:24:33 +0000

Thanks for sharing this! I think your original post was before I started reading your blog (no, everyone, I’m not his mum), but I do remember hearing about the older paper in a journal club presentation. It’s good to hear the follow-up, especially as my previous research interest was in endogenous retroviruses.