2016
Generalized selection to overcome innate immunity selects for host breadth in an RNA virus
Wasik BR, Muñoz‐Rojas A, Okamoto KW, Miller‐Jensen K, Turner PE. Generalized selection to overcome innate immunity selects for host breadth in an RNA virus. Evolution 2016, 70: 270-281. PMID: 26882316, DOI: 10.1111/evo.12845.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVesicular stomatitis virus populationsInnate immunityRNA virusesHost cell levelVirus-host coevolutionDifferent species originViral fitnessCompetent cellsVSV populationsHost breadthHuman cancer cellsEvolutionary historyFitness differencesHost speciesDisparate hostsSpecies originInfection successInnate immune capacityPrimate cellsInnate immune functionVirus populationsImmune deficient cellsEmergence potentialImmune competent cellsNonhuman primate cells
2015
Rate of novel host invasion affects adaptability of evolving RNA virus lineages
Morley VJ, Mendiola SY, Turner PE. Rate of novel host invasion affects adaptability of evolving RNA virus lineages. Proceedings Of The Royal Society B 2015, 282: 20150801. PMID: 26246544, PMCID: PMC4632612, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0801.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNovel hostHost cell typesHost invasionCell typesVirus lineagesVirus populationsGenomic outcomesEnvironmental turnoverTissue culture environmentAbility of virusesHost typeRNA virusesConsensus sequencingInfluences adaptationLineagesGradual invasionHostHistorical contingencyMolecular substitutionDifferent genotypesAdaptive changesInvasionRapid shiftVirusSequencing
2013
STOCHASTIC TEMPERATURES IMPEDE RNA VIRUS ADAPTATION
Alto BW, Wasik BR, Morales NM, Turner PE. STOCHASTIC TEMPERATURES IMPEDE RNA VIRUS ADAPTATION. Evolution 2013, 67: 969-979. PMID: 23550749, DOI: 10.1111/evo.12034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFitness gainsVesicular stomatitis virusEvolution of generalistsConvergent molecular evolutionEvolution of specializationCell-binding proteinsMolecular evolutionGenome substitutionsConstant environmentVirus adaptationSequence analysisRNA virusesG geneVirus populationsStomatitis virusMolecular changesLineagesGeneralistsTemperature treatmentKey roleEvolutionGenesLociVirusProtein
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
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
2007
Virus population extinction via ecological traps
Dennehy JJ, Friedenberg NA, Yang YW, Turner PE. Virus population extinction via ecological traps. Ecology Letters 2007, 10: 230-240. PMID: 17305806, DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.01013.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEcological trapsPopulation growthHigh-quality habitatRisk of extinctionHeterogeneous host communitiesNet population growthHabitat lossSpecies conservationPopulation viabilityMetapopulation scaleInfectious human virusesRNA bacteriophage phi6Population extinctionEcological conceptsEfficacy of trapsHabitatsHost bacteriaHost cellsExtinctionTrap cellsBacteriophage phi6Host communitiesViral reproductionVirus populationsViral fitness
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