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
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
2006
Viral ecology and the maintenance of novel host use.
Dennehy JJ, Friedenberg NA, Holt RD, Turner PE. Viral ecology and the maintenance of novel host use. The American Naturalist 2006, 167: 429-39. PMID: 16673350, DOI: 10.1086/499381.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNovel hostHost useNative hostNovel host useNew host speciesHost population growthPhage growth rateGenetic adaptationViral ecologyHost speciesSerial passage experimentsPopulation dynamicsHost bacteriaRNA phagesVirus extinctionHost transmissionViral populationsVirus populationsHostPassage experimentsSpeciesGrowth ratePopulation growthAdaptationEcology