In this review, encouraged by the dictum of Theodosius Dobzhansky that “Nothing in biology
makes sense except in the light of evolution”, we outline the likely evolutionary pathways …

In view of major economic problems caused by viruses, the development of genetically
resistant crops is critical for breeders but remains limited by the evolution of resistance …

Transmission is a crucial part of a viral life cycle and transmission mode can have an
important impact on virus biology. It was demonstrated that transmission mode can influence …

Background Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease posing a significant threat to public
health. Dengue virus (DENV) evolution is often characterized by lineage turnover, which …

The recent increase in time-series population genomic data from experimental, natural, and
ancient populations has been accompanied by a promising growth in methodologies for …

Defining the complex dynamics of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in pregnancy and during
transmission between vertebrate hosts and mosquito vectors is critical for a thorough …

Growing genetically resistant plants allows pathogen populations to be controlled and
reduces the use of pesticides. However, pathogens can quickly overcome such resistance …

Multipartite viruses package their genomic segments independently and thus incur the risk
of being unable to transmit their entire genome during host-to-host transmission if they …

Plant qualitative resistances to viruses are natural exhaustible resources that can be
impaired by the emergence of resistance-breaking (RB) virus variants. Mathematical …

Strains of the influenza virus form coherent global populations, yet exist at the level of single
infections in individual hosts. The relationship between these scales is a critical topic for …