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GENERATION-TO-GENERATION passage of polyhedral viruses has been reported for a number of insects1–5. Previous work with the nuclear polyhedral virus of Spodoptera exempta (Wlk.) indicated that generation-to-generation passage of the virus occurred in this insect, but the evidence was inadequate to decide whether the virus passed within the egg or by contamination of the egg shell6. This communication presents the results of experiments on this question.
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SWAINE, G. Generation-to-generation Passage of the Nuclear Polyhedral Virus of Spodoptera exempta (Wlk.). Nature 210, 1053–1054 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2101053a0
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