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
2009
Consequences of host adaptation for performance of vesicular stomatitis virus in novel thermal environments
Alto B, Turner P. Consequences of host adaptation for performance of vesicular stomatitis virus in novel thermal environments. Evolutionary Ecology 2009, 24: 299-315. DOI: 10.1007/s10682-009-9307-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHost adaptationVesicular stomatitis virusRNA virusesNovel thermal environmentThermal reaction normsStomatitis virusGeneralist traitsHost generalistsFitness traitsNiche specializationGeneralist organismsSpecies biodiversityReaction normsSelective advantageViral genesGeneralistsMultiple hostsViral proteinsSingle hostTraitsExtreme temperaturesWarm environmentNew environmentHostAdaptation