2016
Transmission bottlenecks and RNAi collectively influence tick-borne flavivirus evolution
Grubaugh ND, Rückert C, Armstrong PM, Bransfield A, Anderson JF, Ebel GD, Brackney DE. Transmission bottlenecks and RNAi collectively influence tick-borne flavivirus evolution. Virus Evolution 2016, 2: vew033. PMID: 28058113, PMCID: PMC5210029, DOI: 10.1093/ve/vew033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSimilar selective pressuresMicro-evolutionary forcesGreat genetic plasticityArthropod-borne RNA virusesVirus populationsLong-term evolutionary trendsGenetic bottleneckSelective constraintsFlavivirus evolutionEcological nichesGenetic plasticitySelective pressureVertebrate hostsPopulation dynamicsArthropod-borne virusesRNA virusesEvolutionary trendsArthropod vectorsMolecular levelMechanistic explanationTransmission bottleneckHostHeterogeneous populationUnique rateRNAi
2015
Experimental Evolution of an RNA Virus in Wild Birds: Evidence for Host-Dependent Impacts on Population Structure and Competitive Fitness
Grubaugh ND, Smith DR, Brackney DE, Bosco-Lauth AM, Fauver JR, Campbell CL, Felix TA, Romo H, Duggal NK, Dietrich EA, Eike T, Beane JE, Bowen RA, Black WC, Brault AC, Ebel GD. Experimental Evolution of an RNA Virus in Wild Birds: Evidence for Host-Dependent Impacts on Population Structure and Competitive Fitness. PLOS Pathogens 2015, 11: e1004874. PMID: 25993022, PMCID: PMC4439088, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004874.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRNA virus populationsWNV populationsBird speciesRNA virusesNatural selectionFitness gainsVirus populationsStrength of selectionWest Nile virusSpecies-specific mannerDistinct phenotypic consequencesAverage mutation frequencyExperimental evolutionMutational toleranceError-prone replicationCompetitive fitnessPopulation structureNext-generation sequencingPhenotypic consequencesGenetic compositionWild birdsSelective pressureSequencing dataDefective genomesDifferent hosts