Genetics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tibayrenc, Michel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Saint Louis : Elsevier Science, 2017.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Communicable diseases > Genetic aspects.
Disease susceptibility > Genetic aspects.
Infection > Genetic aspects.
Communicable Diseases > genetics
Disease > genetics
Maladies infectieuses > Aspect g�en�etique.
Pr�edisposition morbide > Aspect g�en�etique.
Infection > Aspect g�en�etique.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Disease susceptibility > Genetic aspects
Electronic books.
Internet Resources.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Genetics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases; Genetics and Evolutionof Infectious Diseases; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; 1
  • Recent Developments in the Definition and Official Names of Virus Species; 1. Introduction; 2. The Logic of Hierarchical Virus Classification; 3. Bionominalism: Are Species Classes or Individuals?; 4. The Virus Species Problem; 5. Properties Used for Defining Virus Species and Identifying Individual Viruses; 6. A Virus Species Cannot Be Defined Solely by the Properties of Viral Genomes; 7. The New ICTV Definition of Virus Species
  • 8. Non-Latinized Binomial Names for Virus Species9. Discussion; References; 2
  • A Theory-Based Pragmatism for Discovering and Classifying Newly Divergent Species of Bacterial Pathogens; 1. Introduction; 2. Ecological Breadth of Recognized Species; 3. The Stable Ecotype Model of Bacterial Speciation; 4. Demarcating Putative Ecotypes From Sequence Data; 5. Ecological Diversity Within Putative Ecotypes; 6. Models of Frequent Speciation; 6.1 Speedy Speciation Model; 6.2 Species-Less Model; 6.3 Nano-Niche Model; 7. Other Models Where Ecotypes Are Not Discernible as Sequence Clusters
  • 7.1 Recurrent Niche Invasion Model7.2 Cohesive Recombination Model; 7.3 Geotype Plus Boeing Model; 8. Are Bacterial Ecotypes Cohesive?; 9. Incorporating Ecology Into Bacterial Systematics; Acknowledgments; References; 3
  • Population Structure of Pathogenic Bacteria; 1. Introduction; 2. Recombination in Bacterial Populations; 2.1 Emergence and Persistence of Sequence Clusters; 2.2 Heterogeneity in Recombination; 2.3 The Structure of the Pan-Genome of Species and Populations; 2.4 Gene Flow Across Species Boundaries
  • 3. Evolutionary Processes Shape Intra- and Interhost Bacterial Population Structure3.1 Intrahost Evolution: A Snapshot of Larger-Scale Population Dynamics; 3.2 Interhost Evolution and Population Structure; 4. Genomic Analysis Tools for Studying Bacterial Population Structure; 5. Conclusions; References; 4
  • Epidemiology and Evolution of Fungal Pathogens in Plants and Animals; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Major Human and Animal Pathogenic Fungi; 1.1.1 Ascomycetes: The Candida Species Complex, Aspergillus fumigatus, Pneumocystis, the Dimorphic Fungi, and Others
  • 1.1.2 Basidiomycetes: The Pathogenic Cryptococcus Species Complex1.1.3 Globally Emerging Fungal Infections in Wildlife Species; 2. New and Emerging Mycoses; 2.1 Evolution and Emergence of Pathogenic Cryptococcus gattii Genotypes in the Pacific Northwest; 2.1.1 The Global Emergence of the Amphibian Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; 2.2 Origin of Human Pathogens: Cryptococcus and Candida From Saprobes Associated With Insects; 3. Plant Pathogenic Fungi; 4. New and Emerging Plant Diseases; 5. Modern Molecular Epidemiological Tools for Investigating Fungal Diseases

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