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ELISA VISHER

Publications


in press

Visher, E., Uricchio, L., Bartlett, L., DeNamur, N., Yarcan, A., Alhassani, D., & Boots, M. (2022). The Evolution of Host Specialization in an Insect Pathogen. Evolution. pdf

Guth, S., Mollentze, N., Renault, K., Streicker, D. G., Visher, E., Boots, M., & Brook, C. E. (2021). Bats host the most virulent—but not the most dangerous—zoonotic viruses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. pdf

Visher, E., Evensen, C., Guth, S., Lai, E., Norfolk, M., Rozins, C., Sokolov, N.A., Sui, M., & Boots, M. (2021). The three Ts of virulence evolution during zoonotic emergence. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288(1956), 20210900. pdf

Visher, E., Boots, M. (2020). The Problem of Mediocre Generalists: Population Genetics and Eco-Evolutionary Perspectives on Host Breadth Evolution in Pathogens. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287. pdf

Bartlett, L. J.*, Visher, E.*, Haro, Y., Roberts, K. E., & Boots, M. (2020). The target of selection matters: An established resistance–development time negative genetic trade-off is not found when selecting on development time. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.  pdf

Guth, S., Visher, E., Boots, M. & Brook, C. (2019). Host phylogenetic distance drives trends in virus virulence and transmissibility across the animal–human interface. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B,  374. pdf

Iritani, R., Visher, E., & Boots, M. (2019). The evolution of stage-specific virulence: Differential selection of parasites in juveniles. Evolution Letters, 3(2), 162-172. pdf

Visher, E.*, Whitefield, S. E.*, McCrone, J. T., Fitzsimmons, W., & Lauring, A. S. (2016). The mutational robustness of Influenza A virus. PLoS pathogens, 12(8), e1005856. pdf

in review

Visher, E., Ali, A., Barajas, J., Masud, S., McBride, A., Ramos, E., ... & Boots, M. (2023). The direction of local adaptation on pathogen exploitation rates reverses with environmental context. bioRxiv.

Visher, E., Mahjoub, H., Soufi, K., Pascual, N., Hoang, V., Bartlett, L. J., ... & Boots, M. (2022). The evolution of host resistance to a virus is determined by resources, historical contingency, and time scale. bioRxiv.

*indicates co-first author

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