| Description |
1 online resource (365 pages) |
| Contents |
Viral mutation rates / Rafael Sanjuán -- Viral informatics : tools for understanding the evolution of biology's most varied genomes / Siobain Duffy -- The evolution and transmission of Vector-borne viruses / Naomi L. Forrester, Serafin Gutiérrez and Lark L. Coffey -- Choose your weapons : origins and evolution of innate host defenses and viral counterstrategies / Welkin E. Johnson -- Evolution of the interactions of viruses with their plant hosts / Israel Pagán, Aurora Fraile and Fernando Garcia-Arenal -- Evolution of viral virulence : empirical studies / Gael Kurath and Andrew R. Wargo -- Taxonomy advancement and genome size change : two perspectives on RNA virus genetic diversity / Chris Lauber and Alexander E. Gorbalenya -- Understanding adaptation through experimental evolution with viruses : from simple to complex environments / Valerie J Morley and Paul E. Turner -- Evolution of persistent viruses in plants / Marilyn J. Roossinck -- Paleovirology : the study of endogenous viral elements / Amr Aswad and Aris Katzourakis -- Population genetic modeling of viruses / Jayna Raghwanil, Oliver G. Pybus and Christopher J. R. Illingworth -- Emerging viral infections / Michelle M. Becker, Everett Clinton Smith and Mark R. Denison |
| Summary |
Annotation The field of virus evolution has been spurred on during the past 30 years by emerging viral diseases such as HIV/AIDS, hantaviruses, SARS, MERS and Ebola, and discoveries of the quasispecies nature and potential for rapid evolution and diversification of RNA virus populations. Over time the focus of research has expanded and developed to encompass a diverse mixture of approaches: from highly theoretical and mechanistic studies of the basic evolutionary mechanisms to detailed research on the molecular host range and virulence changes responsible for emerging viral diseases. This book addresses a wide range of current questions and research approaches at the forefront of the field and highlights recent advances in our understanding of the history and mechanisms of virus evolution |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Viruses -- Evolution.
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Molecular evolution.
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Viruses -- genetics
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Evolution, Molecular
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Virus Physiological Phenomena -- genetics
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SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution
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Molecular evolution
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Viruses -- Evolution
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Weaver, Scott C., editor.
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Denison, Mark, editor
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Roossinck, Marilyn, editor
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Vignuzzi, Marco, editor
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| LC no. |
2015458845 |
| ISBN |
9781910190241 |
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1910190241 |
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