TWiV 434: Live long and pupate
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
The esteemed TWiVumvirate reveal the discovery of a new negative stranded RNA virus of wasps that regulates longevity and sex ratio of its parasitoid host.
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Links for this episode- ASM Microbe 2017
- Parasitoid wasp virus regulates sex ratio (PLoS Path)
- What is a contig?
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