Co-Phylogeny Between Polydnaviruses & Braconid Parasi- toid Wasps

这将试图从不同的寄生蜂群体中识别多核糖核酸病毒的同源区域，以试图确定病毒的系统发育亲缘关系。然后，可以将这些树与黄蜂的树进行比较，以进行一致性测试。多核糖核酸病毒与黄蜂的联系是一种非常有趣的关系，代表了真核生物和病毒之间唯一已知的互惠关系。这种病毒似乎是黄蜂成功完成其生命周期所必需的，因为它产生的产品成功地抑制了宿主对寄生蜂的免疫反应。确定这一特征何时出现以及是否具有特定的谱系，对科学界的广泛个人具有很高的价值，也可能在昆虫防治界产生广泛的影响。将尝试的程序是新的，如果项目成功，将提供高潜在回报。

This will try to identify homologous regions of the polydnaviruses from different parasitic wasp groups in an attempt to determine the phylogenetic affinities of the viruses. These trees can then be compared to those of the wasps for congruence testing. The polydnavirus association with the wasps is an extremely interesting relationship and represents the only known example of mutualism between eukaryotes and viruses. It appears that the virus is necessary for the wasp to successfully complete its lifecycle since the products that it produces successfully suppresses the host immune response to the parasitoids. A determination of when this trait arose and if it is lineage specific would be highly valuable to a wide range of individuals in the scientific community and may also have wide ranging effects in the insect control community. The procedures to be attempted are new and offer a high potential return if the project is successful.