TWiV 434: Live long and pupate

Published: March 26, 2017, 1:32 p.m.

Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Dickson Despommier,\xa0Alan Dove,\xa0and\xa0Kathy Spindler

The esteemed\xa0TWiVumvirate reveal the discovery of a new negative stranded RNA virus of wasps\xa0that regulates\xa0longevity and sex ratio\xa0of\xa0its parasitoid host.

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