The evolution and emergence of RNA viruses /

RNA viruses provide unique insights into the patterns and processes of evolutionary change in real time. The study of viral evolution is especially topical given the growing awareness that emerging and re-emerging diseases (most of which are caused by RNA viruses) represent a major threat to public...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Holmes, Edward C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009.
Series:Oxford series in ecology and evolution.
Subjects:
RNA viruses.
Viruses > Evolution.
Viral genetics.
Virus diseases.
Molecular evolution.
Viral genomes.
Phylogeny.
RNA Viruses > genetics
Communicable Diseases, Emerging > genetics
Evolution, Molecular
Genome, Viral
Phylogeny
RNA Virus Infections > genetics
RNA Viruses
Virus Diseases
Virus à ARN.
Virus > Évolution.
Génétique virale.
Maladies à virus.
Évolution moléculaire.
Génomes viraux.
Phylogenèse.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Microbiology.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Origins of RNA viruses
  • Mechanisms of RNA virus evolution
  • RNA virus quasispecies
  • Comparative genomics and the macroevolution of RNA viruses
  • Molecular epidemiology, phylogeography, and emergence of RNA viruses
  • Case studies in RNA virus evolution and emergence.

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