This Week in Virology

TWiV 1337: The whitefly and the Red Queen

July 5 · 1 hr 52 min · Episode 1337 · 67.6 MB
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TWiV explains research that reveals an an alternative evolutionary path of antiviral signalling in a sea anemone, and how a bacterial symbiont and a plant virus enhance insect fitness by inducing physical defenses against fungal parasites.

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