Willemsen, Anouk; Zwart, Mark Peter; Ambros Palaguerri, Silvia; Carrasco Jiménez, José Luis; Elena Fito, Santiago Fco(Oxford University Press, 2017)
[EN] Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is pervasive in viruses and thought to be a key mechanism in their evolution. On the other hand, strong selective constraints against increasing genome size are an impediment for HGT, ...
Zwart, Mark Peter; Willemsen, Anouk; Daros Arnau, Jose Antonio; Elena Fito, Santiago Fco(Oxford University Press (OUP): Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2014-01)
[EN] Viruses have evolved highly streamlined genomes and a variety of mechanisms to compress them, suggesting that genome size is under strong selection. Horizontal gene transfer has, on the other hand, played an important ...
Willemsen, Anouk; Zwart, Mark Peter; Elena Fito, Santiago Fco.(Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.), 2017)
[EN] Background: Theory suggests that high virulence could hinder between-host transmission of microparasites, and that virulence therefore will evolve to lower levels. Alternatively, highly virulent microparasites could ...