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Digestion of the DNA fromChilo infuscatellus andC. saccariphagus indicus GVs with the restriction endonucleasesEcoRI,BamHI,XhoI, andSalI, produced readily distinguishable profiles, with very few co-migrating fragments. The approximate size of the genome was calculated to be 112 kbp for both GVs. The percent relative hybridization between the two DNAs was in the range 30 to 40%.
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Easwaramoorthy, S., Cory, J.S. Characterization of the DNA of granulosis viruses isolated from two closely related moths,Chilo infuscatellus andC. saccariphagus indicus . Archives of Virology 110, 113–119 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01310707
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