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- Features current views on the key steps in the origin of life and origins of viruses
- Includes examples relating ancestral features of viruses with their current adaptive capacity
- Explains complex phenomena in an organized and coherent fashion that is easy to comprehend and enjoyable to read
- Considers quasispecies as a framework to understand virus adaptability and disease processes
Author
Esteban Domingo, Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain
Table Of Contents:
1. Introduction to Virus Origins and Their Role in Biological Evolution
2. Molecular Basis of Genetic Variation of Viruses
3. Darwinian Principles Acting on Highly Mutable Viruses
4. Dynamics of Virus Populations and Their Hosts
5. Viral Fitness as a Measure of Adaptation
6. Virus Population Dynamics Examined with Experimental Model Systems
7. Long-term Virus Evolution in Nature
8. Quasispecies Dynamics in Disease Prevention and Control
9. Trends in Antiviral Strategies
10. Collective Population Effects in Non Viral Systems
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