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
2005
Evolution of Mutational Robustness in an RNA Virus
Montville R, Froissart R, Remold SK, Tenaillon O, Turner PE. Evolution of Mutational Robustness in an RNA Virus. PLOS Biology 2005, 3: e381. PMID: 16248678, PMCID: PMC1275523, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030381.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMutational robustnessRNA virusesAccurate genome replicationEvolution of robustnessUnderstanding of evolutionAdaptive evolutionGenetic robustnessPopulation bottleneckingPhenotypic constancyMutation accumulationNatural selectionGenetic variationMutational effectsGenome replicationHigh mutation frequencyMutational changesRandom mutationsMutation rateHost cellsBiological populationsFitness changesMutation frequencyGenomeComplementationVirus