2007
EVOLUTION OF HOST SPECIFICITY DRIVES REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION AMONG RNA VIRUSES
Duffy S, Burch CL, Turner PE. EVOLUTION OF HOST SPECIFICITY DRIVES REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION AMONG RNA VIRUSES. Evolution 2007, 61: 2614-2622. PMID: 17908251, PMCID: PMC7202233, DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00226.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReproductive isolationEcological speciation hypothesisDivergent natural selectionRNA virusesAssortative mating evolvesNatural selectionHost rangeRNA bacteriophage phi6Speciation hypothesisSingle nucleotide changePhytophagous insectsEcological adaptationNovel hostEvolutionary fateWhole-genome sequencingGenetic exchangeImportant traitsBiological credibilityAlternative hostsExperimental populationsLaboratory populationsAssortative matingDirect selectionGenome sequencingNucleotide changesVirus 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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiological EvolutionEcologyHumansModels, TheoreticalPopulation DynamicsRNA PhagesVirus DiseasesVirusesConceptsEcological 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