E. Pritchard

Directed evolution for cell separation in natural isolates of budding yeast reveals selection to deactivate AMN1 and the Rim101 pathway in haploids and selection in favor of Hawthorne's deletion in diploids

The paper evolves natural yeast isolates to select for cell separation, identifying AMN1 deactivation and Rim101 pathway mutations in haploids, and Hawthorne's deletion in diploids as key adaptations.

Gain without pain: Adaptation and increased virulence of Zika virus in vertebrate host without fitness cost in mosquito vector

This study shows that ZIKV adapts to vertebrate hosts with increased virulence without reducing its ability to transmit via mosquitoes.