@article{PAR00002689,
  title = {{E}volution of a polydnavirus gene in relation to parasitoid-host species immune resistance},
  author = {{D}upas, {S}t{\'e}phane and {G}itau, {C}. {W}. and {B}ranca, {A}. and {L}e {R}ü, {B}runo and {S}ilvain, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}r{V}1, a polydisperse {DNA} virus (polydnavirus or {PDV}) gene contributes to the suppression of host immunity in {C}otesia genus parasitoids. {I}ts molecular evolution was analyzed in relation to levels of resistance in the sympatric host species. {N}atural selection for nonsynonymous substitutions (positive {D}arwinian selection) was observed at specific amino acid sites among {C}r{V}1 variants; particularly, between parasitoid strains immune suppressive and nonimmune suppressive to the main resistant stem borer host, {B}usseola fusca. {I}n {C}otesia sesamiae, geographic distribution of {C}r{V}1 alleles in {K}enya was correlated to the relative abundance of {B}. fusca. {T}hese results suggest that {PDV} genes evolve through natural selection and are genetically linked to factors of suppression of local host resistance. {W}e discuss the forces driving the evolution of {C}r{V}1 and its use as a marker to understand parasitoid adaptation to host resistance in biological control.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {H}eredity},
  volume = {99},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {491--499},
  ISSN = {0022-1503},
  year = {2008},
  DOI = {10.1093/jhered/esn047},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00002689},
}