2019
The interplay between host community structure and pathogen life‐history constraints in driving the evolution of host‐range shifts
Okamoto K, Amarasekare P, Post D, Vasseur D, Turner P. The interplay between host community structure and pathogen life‐history constraints in driving the evolution of host‐range shifts. Functional Ecology 2019, 33: 2338-2353. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13467.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHost range shiftsHost community structureCommunity structurePathogen's abilityEco-evolutionary interactionsFree Plain Language SummaryLife history constraintsEntire host communityTree of lifeHost-pathogen communitiesAbility of pathogensPlain Language SummaryEcological selectionHost shiftsHost useEvolutionary timeUnparalleled diversificationAntagonistic pleiotropyAncestral pathogenPathogen evolutionPathogen lineagesNovel hostPathogen biologyApparent competitionExploitative competition
2010
ROLE OF EVOLVED HOST BREADTH IN THE INITIAL EMERGENCE OF AN RNA VIRUS
Turner PE, Morales NM, Alto BW, Remold SK. ROLE OF EVOLVED HOST BREADTH IN THE INITIAL EMERGENCE OF AN RNA VIRUS. Evolution 2010, 64: 3273-3286. PMID: 20633045, DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01051.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHost breadthNew hostHost growthPathogen emergenceDirect selectionVesicular stomatitis virus populationsType of selectionHost shiftsPhenotypic plasticityNiche breadthSpecialist virusesHost colonizationIndirect selectionDifferent hostsPopulation varianceRNA virusesPathogen infectiousnessGeneralistsVirus populationsHostEnvironmental robustnessFortuitous changesPopulation growthGrowthVirus
2006
Pleiotropic Costs of Niche Expansion in the RNA Bacteriophage Φ6
Duffy S, Turner PE, Burch CL. Pleiotropic Costs of Niche Expansion in the RNA Bacteriophage Φ6. Genetics 2006, 172: 751-757. PMID: 16299384, PMCID: PMC1456241, DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.051136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNiche expansionAntagonistic pleiotropyCosts of generalismVaried ecological conditionsRNA virus phi6Standard laboratory hostRNA bacteriophage φ6Host range mutantsPleiotropic costsHost shiftsPseudomonas hostsFitness costsGenetic basisGenetic dataHost attachmentHost rangeExperimental model systemAdaptive mutationsHost typeNonsynonymous mutationsEcological conditionsOriginal hostRNA virusesBacteriophage Φ6Generalism