TWiV 1337: The whitefly and the Red Queen

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.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

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• Support science education at MicrobeTV
• Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email)
• Springer-Nature retracted two papers by Max Planck, probably with a bot (Science)
• Alternative evolutionary path of antiviral signalling in sea anemone (Nat Ecol Evol)
• Bacterial symbiont and plant virus protect whitefly against fungal parasites (PNAS)
• Letters read on TWiV 1337
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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