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Molecular Basis of Virus Evolution
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Molecular systematics is revealing that viruses are the master explorers of evolutionary space; they exploit both RNA and DNA worlds using all the tricks of the trade, and sometimes with devastating speed. This book is of invited essays on various aspects of virus evolution, especially clues to their phylogenetic histories as revealed by gene sequence analysis and other new techniques. The early chapters give examples of the impact of viruses and their control. Further chapters discuss the genetic variation of viruses and their interactions with other organisms at various levels, from molecule to population. The largest section, of 17 chapters, focusses on views of the evolution of particular groups of viruses, and describes their genetic origins, molecular variation, population genetics and interactions with hosts. Finally, there are chapters on phylogenetic analysis to aid newcomers. This work is not only for virologists but for all who are interested in practical studies of biological evolution.
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