2007
Virus population extinction via ecological traps
Dennehy JJ, Friedenberg NA, Yang YW, Turner PE. Virus population extinction via ecological traps. Ecology Letters 2007, 10: 230-240. PMID: 17305806, DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.01013.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEcological trapsPopulation growthHigh-quality habitatRisk of extinctionHeterogeneous host communitiesNet population growthHabitat lossSpecies conservationPopulation viabilityMetapopulation scaleInfectious human virusesRNA bacteriophage phi6Population extinctionEcological conceptsEfficacy of trapsHabitatsHost bacteriaHost cellsExtinctionTrap cellsBacteriophage phi6Host communitiesViral reproductionVirus populationsViral fitness
2000
The Two Faces of Mutation: Extinction and Adaptation in RNA Viruses
Elena S, Miralles R, Cuevas J, Turner P, Moya A. The Two Faces of Mutation: Extinction and Adaptation in RNA Viruses. IUBMB Life 2000, 49: 5-9. PMID: 10772334, DOI: 10.1080/713803585.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRNA virusesPopulation sizeGenetic variabilityDrastic fitness lossFace of mutationCellular DNA replicationHigh genetic variabilityEffects of mutationsLarge population sizesViral population sizeBottleneck eventsGenetic driftFitness lossDNA replicationFitness gainsSegment exchangeDifferent tissuesViral extinctionReplicative intermediatesInfected hostExtinctionMutationsPopulation standpointHostReplication