2021
Effects of historical co‐infection on host shift abilities of exploitative and competitive viruses
Singhal S, Turner P. Effects of historical co‐infection on host shift abilities of exploitative and competitive viruses. Evolution 2021, 75: 1878-1888. PMID: 33969482, DOI: 10.1111/evo.14263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNovel hostRNA viral pathogensHost population densityViral growthPhage genotypesCo-infecting virusesHost specificityIntracellular competitionHost exploitationHost genotypeEcological historyOriginal hostInfected bacteriaRNA bacteriophagesRapid evolutionEmergence potentialHostGrowth curvesPopulation densityEquivalent growthViral pathogensClonesInfectivity differencesGenotypesCompetitive viruses
2008
Robustness promotes evolvability of thermotolerance in an RNA virus
McBride RC, Ogbunugafor CB, Turner PE. Robustness promotes evolvability of thermotolerance in an RNA virus. BMC Ecology And Evolution 2008, 8: 231. PMID: 18694497, PMCID: PMC2518931, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-231.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic robustnessEfficacy of selectionNew habitatsEvolutionary biologyVirus adaptabilityLaboratory populationsMutational changesNew nichesEvolvabilityRNA virusesFace of perturbationsGreater toleranceThermotoleranceRobust clonesNovel environmentClonesBiological systemsBalance of robustnessFuture adaptationUnderlying mechanismHabitatsNicheBiologyGreater resistancePopulation