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E. Visher

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Evolutionary Biology· 3 Ecology· 2

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 4 Organism:Drosophila· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Approach:statistical model· 2 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1

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M. Boots· 5 shared A. Ali· 1 shared A. McBride· 1 shared A. Yarcan· 1 shared C. E. Brook· 1 shared C. Villalobos-Heredia· 1 shared D. Alhassani· 1 shared D. Streicker· 1 shared

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2019-2023 · peak 2/yr

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M. Boots

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Spatially structured host genetic diversity leads to the evolution of local specialization

E. Visher, A. Ali, J. Barajas, S. Masud, A. McBride, E. Ramos, M. Sui, C. Villalobos-Heredia, N. Walzer, P. S. White, M. Boots

This study shows that spatial structure and host genetic diversity interact to influence pathogen specialization in Plodia interpunctella hosts.

bioRxiv · May 12, 2023Evolutionary Biology

The evolution of host resistance to a virus is determined by resources, historical contingency, and time scale

E. Visher, H. Mahjoub, K. Soufi, N. Pascual, V. Hoang, L. J. Bartlett, K. E. Roberts, S. Meaden, M. Boots

This study shows that resource quality, historical contingency, and time scale influence the evolution of host resistance to a virus, affecting trade-offs and resistance strategies.

bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

The Evolution of Host Specialization in an Insect Pathogen

E. Visher, L. Uricchio, L. Bartlett, N. DeNamur, A. Yarcan, D. Alhassani, M. Boots

This study tracks how an insect pathogen evolves specialization in its host, finding that specialization involves multiple genetic factors and affects different fitness traits independently.

bioRxiv · Oct 11, 2021Evolutionary Biology

Bats host the most virulent--but not the most dangerous--zoonotic viruses

S. Guth, N. Mollentze, K. Renault, D. Streicker, E. Visher, M. Boots, C. E. Brook

The paper analyzes zoonotic virus traits to show bats host the most virulent viruses but not the most dangerous, as human death burden depends on epidemiological dynamics, not reservoir traits.

bioRxiv · Jul 25, 2021Ecology

The evolution of stage-specific virulence: differential selection of parasites in juveniles

R. Iritani, E. Visher, M. Boots

This paper develops a stage-structured epidemiological model to show how juvenile and adult virulence evolve under different transmission and demographic conditions.

bioRxiv · Jan 30, 2019Ecology