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
1998
Sex and the Evolution of Intrahost Competition in RNA Virus φ6
Turner P, Chao L. Sex and the Evolution of Intrahost Competition in RNA Virus φ6. Genetics 1998, 150: 523-532. PMID: 9755186, PMCID: PMC1460345, DOI: 10.1093/genetics/150.2.523.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptation, PhysiologicalBacteriophage phi 6Biological EvolutionPseudomonasReproductionSexConceptsIntrahost competitionLarge sexual populationsLarge asexual populationsRNA virus phi6Absence of sexSame host cellRate of adaptationSexual populationsGenetic conflictSexual reproductionAsexual populationsMore rapid adaptationBeneficial mutationsSame genomeSeparate lineagesExperimental populationsBacterial hostsMultiple bacteriophagesAbility of virusesHost cellsRNA virusesRapid adaptationPseudomonas phaseolicolaPhi6Host