Inferring the multi-host fitness landscape of endive necrotic mosaic virus from cross-inoculation experiments

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract Fitness landscapes offer a compact representation of adaptation, yet are rarely inferred from sparse multi-environment data. We present a Bayesian approach to infer an effective multi-host phenotypic fitness landscape from cross-inoculation assays by linking successful infection probabilities to Fisher’s geometrical model and to an explicit decomposition of establishment routes. The model estimates (i) the distance matrix among host-specific phenotypic optima, (ii) target-host permissiveness through the widths of fitness peaks, (iii) target-specific differences in the efficiency with which phenotypic suitability translates into successful infection, and (iv) the conditional probabilities that successful infections are attributed to direct establishment, rescue from standing variation in the source inoculum, or de novo rescue in the target host. We apply the approach to an experimental evolution dataset for endive necrotic mosaic virus evolved on five Asteraceae hosts and challenged in a full cross-inoculation design. The inferred landscape can be visualized as a phenotypic map of the host community, revealing pronounced heterogeneity in target-host permissiveness and a geometry broadly concordant with host phylogeny. By grounding assay-derived distances in an explicit mechanistic model, the approach provides a parsimonious representation of multi-host constraints that can be used to discuss establishment barriers and potential springboard hosts in heterogeneous communities. More broadly, it offers a general method for inferring effective fitness landscapes from sparse multi-environment data.
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Authors Lionel Roques, Julien J. Papaix, Guillaume Martin, Raphaël Forien, Thomas Lenormand, Samuel Soubeyrand, Karine Berthier, Benoît Moury
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Journal current genetics
Year 2026
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10.1093/genetics/iyag302
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https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyag302
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