2008
Evolutionary Genomics of Host Adaptation in Vesicular Stomatitis Virus
Remold SK, Rambaut A, Turner PE. Evolutionary Genomics of Host Adaptation in Vesicular Stomatitis Virus. Molecular Biology And Evolution 2008, 25: 1138-1147. PMID: 18353798, DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic architectureComplex traitsHigher fitnessVirus populationsVesicular stomatitis virus populationsParallel phenotypic changesSimilar selection pressuresRNA virus populationsHigh mutation rateEvolutionary genomicsGenome evolutionHost useComplete consensus sequenceTrue pleiotropyHost adaptationAllele substitutionGenomic changesSelection pressureVesicular stomatitis virusConsensus sequenceMutation rateEcological historyPhenotypic changesRNA virusesHeLa cells
2004
Reduced fecundity is the cost of cheating in RNA virus 6
Dennehy J, Turner P. Reduced fecundity is the cost of cheating in RNA virus 6. Proceedings Of The Royal Society B 2004, 271: 2275-2282. PMID: 15539353, PMCID: PMC1691856, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2833.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHost fitnessTiming of reproductionRNA bacteriophage phi6Costs of cheatingLytic growth cycleSmall burst sizeDispersal stageInterference competitionLifetime fecundityIntracellular resourcesLife historyHigher fitnessEvolved virusesReduced fecunditySolo infectionsBacteriophage phi6FecundityLytic infectionGrowth cycleAncestorBurst sizeFitnessLatent periodCheatersMultiple viruses