MT-CO1 and infection: Compared to P. americana embryos, COI gene sequences of RIRI-PA1-3 Control and RIRI-PA1-50 control cells (i.e., without AcMNPV-hTERT infection) presented a strong conservation rate of the sequences (Fig. 5), with 99.27% identity, confirming that our cell lines derive from P. americana. In addition, hTERT-expressing cells from lineages presented the same variations (Fig. 5), suggesting that hTERT expression does not alter gene sequences in these cells.