Episode Details

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?
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiV 434

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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