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TWiP 115: The Cuscuta Factor

  • August 27, 2016
  • Tagged as: amoeba, brain eating amoeba, Cuscuta, dodder, eukaryote, holoparasite, Naegleria fowleri, parasite, parasitism, primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, stem holoparasite, tomato
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The TWiPlets solve the sad case of the Boy Who Went Swimming, and explain why the tomato is resistant to the plant parasite Cuscuta.

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TWiP 77: Mixed messages

  • September 19, 2014
  • Tagged as: Arabidopsis, Cuscuta, dodder, fungus, haustoria, parasite, parasitism, plant, tomato

Vincent and Dickson discuss the exchange of messenger RNAs between a parasitic plant and its hosts.

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