2023
Experimental Evolution of the TolC-Receptor Phage U136B Functionally Identifies a Tail Fiber Protein Involved in Adsorption through Strong Parallel Adaptation
Burmeister A, Tzintzun-Tapia E, Roush C, Mangal I, Barahman R, Bjornson R, Turner P. Experimental Evolution of the TolC-Receptor Phage U136B Functionally Identifies a Tail Fiber Protein Involved in Adsorption through Strong Parallel Adaptation. Applied And Environmental Microbiology 2023, 89: e00079-23. PMID: 37191555, PMCID: PMC10304864, DOI: 10.1128/aem.00079-23.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExperimental evolutionPhage populationsParallel molecular evolutionWhole-population sequencingAntibiotic resistance proteinsTail fiber proteinE. coli hostPhage evolutionEvolutionary potentialMolecular evolutionPhage genotypesTolC proteinParallel adaptationProtein geneAntibiotic resistanceExperimental populationsBacterial diversitySelection pressureBacterial hostsColi hostFiber proteinBacterial populationsBacterial cellsPhage resistancePhage dynamics
2020
Experimental Evolution of Human Rhinovirus Strains Adapting to Mouse Cells
Wasik B, Wasik B, Foxman E, Iwasaki A, Turner P. Experimental Evolution of Human Rhinovirus Strains Adapting to Mouse Cells. Genetic And Evolutionary Computation 2020, 145-157. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-39831-6_12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMouse cellsIdentical selection pressuresExperimental evolution studiesLaboratory tissue cultureCommon cold illnessesViral capsid geneMolecular divergenceExperimental evolutionReplication genesSelection pressureRelated populationsGenetic changesRNA virusesHuman rhinovirus strainsCapsid geneEvolution studiesRV-1BInnate immunityGenesTissue cultureDifferent strainsCellsLA-4 cellsHostMouse host
2016
Understanding Adaptation Through Experimental Evolution with Viruses: From Simple to Complex Environments
Morley V, Turner P. Understanding Adaptation Through Experimental Evolution with Viruses: From Simple to Complex Environments. 2016, 233-262. DOI: 10.21775/9781910190234.08.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExperimental evolutionAdaptation
2012
Selective Pressure Causes an RNA Virus to Trade Reproductive Fitness for Increased Structural and Thermal Stability of a Viral Enzyme
Dessau M, Goldhill D, McBride R, Turner PE, Modis Y. Selective Pressure Causes an RNA Virus to Trade Reproductive Fitness for Increased Structural and Thermal Stability of a Viral Enzyme. PLOS Genetics 2012, 8: e1003102. PMID: 23209446, PMCID: PMC3510033, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFitness tradeoffsPleiotropic mutationMolecular basisRNA virusesSingle amino acid substitutionAmino acid substitutionsIndividual point mutationsEvolutionary tugPleiotropic phenotypesExperimental evolutionAntagonistic pleiotropyEvolutionary biologyProtein functionLytic transglycosylaseNatural selectionProtein P5Reproductive fitnessStructural biologySelective pressureMutational substitutionsHeat shockProtein structureCapsid assemblyAcid substitutionsBacteriophage Φ6
2009
Predicting Virus Evolution: The Relationship between Genetic Robustness and Evolvability of Thermotolerance
Ogbunugafor CB, McBride RC, Turner PE. Predicting Virus Evolution: The Relationship between Genetic Robustness and Evolvability of Thermotolerance. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia On Quantitative Biology 2009, 74: 109-118. PMID: 19843592, DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2009.74.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic robustnessVirus evolvabilityMutational inputExtant populationsEvolutionary biologistsEvolutionary eventsExperimental evolutionEvolutionary biologyVirus adaptabilityPhylogenetic methodsAdaptive thermotoleranceVirus evolutionEvolutionary processesHost populationsEvolvabilityPredictive scienceThermotoleranceNew environmentHistorical patternsMicrobesEvolutionBiologistsOrganismsBiologyCanalization
1997
Long-term experimental evolution in Escherichia coli. V. Effects of recombination with immigrant genotypes on the rate of bacterial evolution
Souza V, Turner P, Lenski R. Long-term experimental evolution in Escherichia coli. V. Effects of recombination with immigrant genotypes on the rate of bacterial evolution. Journal Of Evolutionary Biology 1997, 10: 743-769. DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1997.10050743.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMean fitnessGenetic variationAdaptive evolutionSexual recombinationRecombinant genotypesLong-term experimental evolutionGenetic changesEstimated recombination rateCommon competitorEscherichia coliThousands of generationsImmigrant genotypesBacterial evolutionExperimental evolutionAsexual populationsEcological interactionsImmigrant poolBeneficial mutationsAncestral alleleSelective advantageConstant environmentHfr donorsNovel genotypesSelection dynamicsFitness