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P. J. Gerrish

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Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:virus· 1

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Natural selection promotes the evolution of recombination 1: between the products of natural selection

P. J. Gerrish, B. J. Galeota-Sprung, P. D. Sniegowski, J. Chevallier, B. Ycart

The paper challenges the conventional view that natural selection opposes recombination by showing it actually favors recombination through the assembly of selectively mismatched gene combinations.

bioRxiv · Jun 7, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Natural selection promotes the evolution of recombination 2: during the process of natural selection

P. J. Gerrish, F. Cordero, B. Galeota-Sprung, A. Colato, V. Vejalla, P. D. Sniegowski, N. W. Hengartner

This paper shows that natural selection on heritable variation always creates conditions favoring recombination, regardless of genetic fitness distribution.

bioRxiv · Jun 7, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Why are viral genomes so fragile? The bottleneck hypothesis

N. S. C. Merleau, S. Penisson, P. J. Gerrish, S. F. Elena, M. Smerlak

The paper provides theoretical evidence that viral genome fragility evolves due to population bottlenecks, showing it can increase survival through bottlenecks and attack rates in certain conditions.

bioRxiv · Jan 23, 2021Evolutionary Biology

Natural selection and the advantage of recombination

P. J. Gerrish, B. Galeota-Sprung, F. Cordero, P. D. Sniegowski, A. Colato, N. W. Hengartner, V. Vejalla, J. Chevalier, B. Ycart

This paper shows that natural selection favors poorly-matched gene combinations and creates negative associations, which recombination breaks up, making recombination universally advantageous.

bioRxiv · Aug 28, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology