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Kysela, D.T., and P.E. Turner. 2007.
Optimal bacteriophage mutation rates for phage therapy.
Journal of Theoretical Biology 249:411-421.
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Duffy, S., C. L. Burch, and P.E. Turner. 2007.
Evolution of host specificity drives reproductive isolation among RNA viruses.
Evolution 61:2614-2622.
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Dennehy, J.J., S.A. Abedon, and P.E. Turner. 2007.
Host density impacts relative fitness of bacteriophage Φ6 genotypes in structured habitats.
Evolution 61: 2516-2527
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Dennehy, J.J., N.A. Friedenberg, Y.W. Yang, and P.E. Turner. 2007.
Virus population extinction via ecological traps.
Ecology Letters 10: 230-240.
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Dennehy, J.J., N.A. Friedenberg, R.D. Holt, and P.E. Turner. 2006.
Virus ecology and the maintenance of novel host use.
American Naturalist 167:429-439.
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Dennehy, J.J., N.A. Friedenberg, Y.W. Yang, and P.E. Turner. 2006.
Bacteriophage migration via nematode vectors: host-parasite-consumer interactions in laboratory microcosms.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72:1974-1979.
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Draghi, J., and P.E. Turner. 2006.
DNA secretion and gene-level seletion in bacteria
Microbiology 152:2683-2688.
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Duffy, S., P.E. Turner, and C. L. Burch. 2006.
Pleiotropic costs of niche expansion in the RNA bacteriophage Φ6.
Genetics 172:751-757.
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O'Keefe, K.J., N.M. Morales, H. Ernstberger, G. Benoit, and P.E. Turner. 2006.
Laboratory-dependent bacterial ecology: a cautionary tale.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72:3032-3035.
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Montville, R., R. Froissart, S.K. Remold, O. Tenaillon, and P.E. Turner. 2005.
Evolution of mutational robustness in RNA viruses.
PLoS Biology 3(11):1939-1945.
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Silander, O., D. Weinreich, K. Wright, K. O'Keefe, C. Rang, P.E. Turner, and L. Chao. 2005.
Widespread genetic exchange among terrestrial bacteriophages
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 102(52):19009-19014.
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Turner, P.E. 2005.
Cheating viruses and game theory.
American Scientist 93:428-435.
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Turner, P.E. 2005.
Parasitism between co-infecting bacteriophages.
Pp. 309-332 in R. Desharnais (ed.) Population Dynamics and Laboratory Ecology, vol. 37 of Advances in Ecological Research. Elsevier Press.
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Dennehy, J.J. and P.E. Turner. 2004.
Reduced fecundity is the cost of cheating in RNA virus Φ6.
Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences 271:2275-2282.
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Froissart, R., C. Wilke, R. Montville, S. Remold, L. Chao, and P.E. Turner. 2004.
Co-infection weakens selection against epistatic mutations in RNA viruses.
Genetics 168:9-19.
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Turner, P.E. 2004.
Phenotypic plasticity in bacterial plasmids.
Genetics 167:9-20.
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National Research Council (12 co-authors including P.E. Turner). 2004.
Biological Confinement of Genetically Engineered Organisms.
National Academy Press, Washington DC.

Burch, C.L., Turner, P.E., and K. Hanley. 2003.
Patterns of epistasis in RNA viruses: a review of the evidence from vaccine design.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16:1223-1235.
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Turner, P.E. 2003.
Searching for the advantages of virus sex.
Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere 33(1):95-108.
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Turner, P.E. 2003.
A virus booster for game theory.
American Society of Microbiology News 69(6):289-295.
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Turner, P.E., and L. Chao. 2003.
Escape from prisoner’s dilemma in RNA phage Φ6.
American Naturalist 161(3):497-505.
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V. Souza, M. Travisano, P.E. Turner, and L.E. Eguiarte. 2002.
Does experimental evolution reflect patterns in natural populations? E. coli strains from long-term studies compared with wild isolates.
Antonie von Leeuwenhoek Journal 81:143-153.
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Elena, S.F., A.V. Bordería, R. Sanjuán, and P.E. Turner. 2001.
Transmission bottlenecks and the evolution of fitness in rapidly evolving RNA viruses.
Infection, Genetics and Evolution 1:41-48.
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Chao, L., K.A. Hanley, C.L. Burch, C. Dahlberg, and P.E. Turner. 2000.
Kin Selection and parasite evolution: higher and lower virulence with hard and soft selection.
Quarterly Review of Biology 75:261-275.
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Turner, P.E., and S.F. Elena. 2000.
Cost of host radiation in an RNA virus.
Genetics 156:1465-1470.
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Turner, P.E., and L. Chao. 1999.
Prisoner's dilemma in an RNA virus.
Nature 398:441-443.
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Turner, P.E., C. Burch, K. Hanley, and L. Chao. 1999.
Hybrid frequencies confirm limit to coinfection in the RNA bacteriophage Φ6.
Journal of Virology 73:2420-2424.
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Turner, P.E., and L. Chao. 1998.
Sex and the evolution of intrahost competition in RNA virus Φ6.
Genetics 150:523-532.
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Turner, P.E., V.S. Cooper, and R.E. Lenski. 1998.
Tradeoff between horizontal and vertical modes of transmission in bacterial plasmids.
Evolution 52:315-329.
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Souza, V., P.E. Turner, and R.E. Lenski. 1997.
Long-term experimental evolution in Escherichia coli. V. effects of recombination with immigrant genotypes on the rate of bacterial evolution.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 10:743-769.
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Turner, P.E., V. Souza, and R.E. Lenski. 1996.
Tests of ecological mechanisms promoting the stable coexistence of two bacterial genotypes.
Ecology 77:2119-2129.
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