Bracovirus
Bracovirus | |
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Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Viriform |
Family: | Polydnaviriformidae |
Genus: | Bracoviriform |
Synonyms | |
Bracoviriform
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Bracovirus is a genus of viruses, in the family Polydnaviridae. Bracoviruses are an ancient symbiotic virus contained in parasitic braconid wasps that evolved off of the nudivirus about 190 million years ago and has been evolving at least 100 million years. It is one of two genera belonging to the Polydnaviridae family, Ichnovirus being the other genus. There are 32 species in this genus.
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