Origin and Evolution of Viruses (Hardcover, 2)

Origins and widespread evolutionary significance of viruses; Nature and evolution of early replicons; Structure and evolution of viroids; Mutation, competition and selection as measured with small RNA molecules; Viral quasispecies, fitness variations and error;Phylogenetic analysis of viral sequences: principles and applications; Evolution of functional protein motifs in RNA viruses; Copying fidelity of viral and cellular polymerases; RNA interference and its evolutionary implications; Phage models of virus adaptation and evolution; Genomic analysis and evolution of large bacteriophages; Plant virus evolution: past, present and future; Mutant clouds and bottleneck events in plant virus evolution; Retrovirus evolution and pathogenesis; HIV population dynamics and drug treatments; The impact of rapid evolution of hepatitis viruses; Evolution of animal and human influenza viruses; Evolution and emergence of arboviruses; Parvovirus variation and evolution: impact on disease emergence; Genome diversity and evolution of human papillomaviruses; Poxvirus diversity and evolution; The molecular evolutionary history of the herpesviruses; Cellular functions involved in virual hypermutagenesis.