2016
Reassortment in segmented RNA viruses: mechanisms and outcomes
McDonald SM, Nelson MI, Turner PE, Patton JT. Reassortment in segmented RNA viruses: mechanisms and outcomes. Nature Reviews Microbiology 2016, 14: 448-460. PMID: 27211789, PMCID: PMC5119462, DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2016.46.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRNA virusesGenome segmentsProtein-RNA interactionsMultiple selection pressuresRNA-RNA interactionsSingle host cellSegmented RNA virusViral fitnessDifferent gene segmentsProtein setsSelection pressureHost cellsGene segmentsGeneration of reassortantsImportant pathogenReassortmentDifferent viral strainsReassortant virusesFitnessImmune recognitionHybrid virionsReassortantsVirusMore virusesPlants
2008
Robustness promotes evolvability of thermotolerance in an RNA virus
McBride RC, Ogbunugafor CB, Turner PE. Robustness promotes evolvability of thermotolerance in an RNA virus. BMC Ecology And Evolution 2008, 8: 231. PMID: 18694497, PMCID: PMC2518931, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-231.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic robustnessEfficacy of selectionNew habitatsEvolutionary biologyVirus adaptabilityLaboratory populationsMutational changesNew nichesEvolvabilityRNA virusesFace of perturbationsGreater toleranceThermotoleranceRobust clonesNovel environmentClonesBiological systemsBalance of robustnessFuture adaptationUnderlying mechanismHabitatsNicheBiologyGreater resistancePopulation