Caterpillars borrowed at viruses of a squirrel for murder of equestrians

Biologists found out that the viruses, infecting caterpillars, kill larvae of the competitors — equestrians from a subfamily mikrogastrin — with help special proteins. Moreover, some caterpillars as a result of horizontal transfer borrowed genes of such proteins at viruses and started making them independently for fight with parazitoidami. Results of research are published in article for the Science magazine. Life of caterpillars is full of dangers. To them threaten not only predators, but also various parasites, parazitoidy and infections. For example, on caterpillars larvae of many wasps equestrians, gradually parasitize...