This Week in Evolution

TWiEVO 33: Fly by virus


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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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