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A small parasitoid wasp gets a boost in parasitizing mealybugs from a symbiotic virus that it carries, researchers have found. Much remains unknown about how the virus helps the wasp suppress its hosts' immune response, but the discovery raises new questions about the role of viruses in parasitoid-host interactions and how they might be used to improve biological control efforts. [Read more]
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