2024
Diverse phage communities are maintained stably on a clonal bacterial host
Pyenson N, Leeks A, Nweke O, Goldford J, Schluter J, Turner P, Foster K, Sanchez A. Diverse phage communities are maintained stably on a clonal bacterial host. Science 2024, 386: 1294-1300. PMID: 39666794, PMCID: PMC7617280, DOI: 10.1126/science.adk1183.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhage communitiesBacterial hostsPhage speciesEcology of bacteriophagesDiverse biological entitiesPhage diversityGrowth phenotypeCommunity ecologyEcological mechanismsPhageBacterial cellsPhenotypic heterogeneityHost populationsBacteriophageBiological entitiesDiversityHostSpeciesPhylogeneticallyNichePhenotypeStrainCellsCommunity
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 changes
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
2004
Reduced fecundity is the cost of cheating in RNA virus 6
Dennehy J, Turner P. Reduced fecundity is the cost of cheating in RNA virus 6. Proceedings Of The Royal Society B 2004, 271: 2275-2282. PMID: 15539353, PMCID: PMC1691856, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2833.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHost fitnessTiming of reproductionRNA bacteriophage phi6Costs of cheatingLytic growth cycleSmall burst sizeDispersal stageInterference competitionLifetime fecundityIntracellular resourcesLife historyHigher fitnessEvolved virusesReduced fecunditySolo infectionsBacteriophage phi6FecundityLytic infectionGrowth cycleAncestorBurst sizeFitnessLatent periodCheatersMultiple viruses
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