Termite genomes shed light on the enigmatic deltaviruses, their ancient origins, and an intriguing example of co-option of viral genes by a host. www.cell.com/cell-reports...

New paper alert 🎉 We explore the origins of deltaviruses and find they have infected and co-evolved with termites for 141 million years 🐜🕑🦴 This was a fascinating story to work on with @ariskatzourakis.bsky.social, Jose Gabriel and @anselmojiro.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...