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Re:Another new wasp species discovered by researchers by crazydoggers on Thursday September 26, 2024 @10:54AM (#41659105)
Some of the wasps have even developed a mutualistic relationship with a virus that helps control the hosts immune system. The wasps have integrated the virus genome into their own so their offspring can continue to infect hosts.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3758193/

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Re:Another new wasp species discovered by researchers by throwanem on Thursday September 26, 2024 @12:31PM (#41660389)
...and evolved a unique type of ovarian "calyx" cell, which acts as a bioreplicator to produce virus which the mother wasp delivers during oviposition.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12692280/

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