[EN] Pneumocystis species are ascomycete fungi adapted to live inside the lungs of mammals. These ascomycetes show extensive stenoxenism, meaning that each species of Pneumocystis infects a single species of host. Here, ...
Luisi, P; Alvarez-Ponce, D; Pybus, M; Fares Riaño, Mario Ali; Bertranpetit, J; Laayouni, H(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2015-04)
Genes vary in their likelihood to undergo adaptive evolution. The genomic factors that determine adaptability, however, remain poorly understood. Genes function in the context of molecular networks, with some occupying ...
Kutnjak, D.; Elena Fito, Santiago Fco.; Ravnikar, M.(American Society for Microbiology, 2017-08)
[EN] RNA viruses are one of the fastest evolving biological entities. Within their hosts, they exist as genetically diverse populations (i.e., viral mutant swarms), which are sculpted by different evolutionary mechanisms, ...