TWiV 434: Live long and pupate
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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Links for this episode- ASM Microbe 2017
- Parasitoid wasp virus\xa0regulates sex ratio\xa0(PLoS Path)
- What is a\xa0contig?
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Intro music is by\xa0Ronald Jenkees.
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