Nels and Vincent are astounded by the finding of an insect-derived virus in a fungus that manipulates the behavior of flies.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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• Virus in fungus in fly (bioRxiv)
• On a leaf, no one can hear you scream (TWiV 443)
• Nels gives Benzer Lecture (YouTube)
• Domestication of fungal fly pathogen (bioRxiv)
• Sequencing E. muscae genome (10X genomics)
• Eisen's twitter stream on new iflavirus (Twitter)

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Nels - Mindsuckers; getting photos; Anand Varma photos Vincent - Happy Birthday Gregor Mendel

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