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 systemGeneticsTraitsHostReplication
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