2018 · Virus & beetle genetics
Possibility of Evolution in Culture of the Oryctes Nudivirus of the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Oryctes rhinoceros (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)
Geoffrey Bedford
CRB research
What the paper covers
Proposes tests for whether long-term cell culture changes nudivirus genomes or infectivity, comparing cultured and field isolates.
Read it in context
Hypothesis and suggested experiments, not proof that culture adaptation explains control failures.
The original publication
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