2024
Microbe Profile: Bacteriophage ϕ6: a model for segmented RNA viruses and the evolutionary consequences of viral ‘sex’
Turner P, Chao L. Microbe Profile: Bacteriophage ϕ6: a model for segmented RNA viruses and the evolutionary consequences of viral ‘sex’. Microbiology 2024, 170: 001467. PMID: 39046321, PMCID: PMC11316545, DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001467.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEukaryotic virusesHost-pathogen interactionsEvolution of sexDsRNA virusesEvolutionary consequencesSegment reassortmentBacterial virusesRNA virusesRate of adaptationMutation ratePhenotypic complexityMutation loadLipid envelopeBacteriophageReassortmentRNAMutationsVirusMolecular modelingDsRNAExperimental systemGeneticsTraitsHostReplicationExperimental Evolution Studies in Φ6 Cystovirus
Singhal S, Balitactac A, Nayagam A, Bahrami P, Nayeem S, Turner P. Experimental Evolution Studies in Φ6 Cystovirus. Viruses 2024, 16: 977. PMID: 38932268, PMCID: PMC11209170, DOI: 10.3390/v16060977.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExperimental evolution studiesFitness effects of spontaneous mutationsSpontaneous mutationsEffects of spontaneous mutationsEvolution of RNA virusesEvolution studiesEvolution of host rangeFast generation timesResponse to selectionMultiple phagesNon-pathogenic modelRNA genomeConsequence of evolutionOuter membraneHost rangeRNA virusesNovel traitsMutation rateHost cellsFitness effectsPopulation sizeMutationsCystovirusesBacteriophageGeneration time
2001
Transmission bottlenecks and the evolution of fitness in rapidly evolving RNA viruses
Elena S, Sanjuán R, Borderı́a A, Turner P. Transmission bottlenecks and the evolution of fitness in rapidly evolving RNA viruses. Infection Genetics And Evolution 2001, 1: 41-48. PMID: 12798049, DOI: 10.1016/s1567-1348(01)00006-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVesicular stomatitis virusRNA virusesEvolution of fitnessBasic genetic principlesNatural populationsGenetic driftEvolutionary importanceFitness lossCellular hostsTransmission bottleneckDeleterious mutationsHost individualsGenetic principlesBottleneck sizeViral adaptationViral fitnessStomatitis virusRandom accumulationSimilar bottlenecksTissue cultureMutationsFitnessProfound effectVirusMode of transmission
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