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
1998
Sex and the Evolution of Intrahost Competition in RNA Virus φ6
Turner P, Chao L. Sex and the Evolution of Intrahost Competition in RNA Virus φ6. Genetics 1998, 150: 523-532. PMID: 9755186, PMCID: PMC1460345, DOI: 10.1093/genetics/150.2.523.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntrahost competitionLarge sexual populationsLarge asexual populationsRNA virus phi6Absence of sexSame host cellRate of adaptationSexual populationsGenetic conflictSexual reproductionAsexual populationsMore rapid adaptationBeneficial mutationsSame genomeSeparate lineagesExperimental populationsBacterial hostsMultiple bacteriophagesAbility of virusesHost cellsRNA virusesRapid adaptationPseudomonas phaseolicolaPhi6Host