2023
Leveraging insect-specific viruses to elucidate mosquito population structure and dynamics
Hollingsworth B, Grubaugh N, Lazzaro B, Murdock C. Leveraging insect-specific viruses to elucidate mosquito population structure and dynamics. PLOS Pathogens 2023, 19: e1011588. PMID: 37651317, PMCID: PMC10470969, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011588.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInsect-specific virusesPopulation structureMosquito viromeFine-scale genetic variationMosquito ecologyDiversity of virusesMosquito population structureMovement ratesMultiple spatial scalesViral ecologyGenetic variationHost genomeDisease ecologyCryptic aspectsVirome studiesEcologyViral discoveryViral phylogenyMosquito control programsViromeGenomeGenomic epidemiologySpatial scalesPhylogenyRelevant timescales
2021
Intrahost speciations and host switches played an important role in the evolution of herpesviruses
Brito AF, Baele G, Nahata KD, Grubaugh ND, Pinney JW. Intrahost speciations and host switches played an important role in the evolution of herpesviruses. Virus Evolution 2021, 7: veab025. PMID: 33927887, PMCID: PMC8062258, DOI: 10.1093/ve/veab025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntrahost speciationHost switchingHost switchesEvolutionary historyTree reconciliationTree reconciliation analysesEvolution of herpesvirusesViral phylogenyHost biogeographyDivergence timingTopological incongruenceCophylogenetic analysesReconciliation analysisHost evolutionPhylogenetic differencesSequence dataGenomic dataViral speciesPhylogenyTemporal incongruenceCospeciationSpeciationImportant roleHostIncongruence