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Virus as populations : composition, complexity, dynamics, and biological implications / Esteban Domingo, Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo, Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), University Automona de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Domingo, Esteban, author.
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Viruses--Evolution.
- Viruses.
- Virology.
- Viral genetics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 412 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Academic Press, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book explains fundamental concepts that arise from regarding viruses as complex populations when replicating in infected hosts.
- Contents:
- Introduction to virus origins and their role in biological evolution
- Molecular basis of genetic variation of viruses : error-prone replication
- Darwinian principles acting on highly mutable viruses
- Interaction of virus populations with their hosts
- Viral fitness as a measure of adaptation
- Virus population dynamics examined with experimental model systems
- Long-term virus evolution in nature
- Quasispecies dynamics in disease prevention and control
- Trends in antiviral strategies
- Collective population effects in nonviral systems.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 2, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 9780128008379
- 0128008377
- 9780128009949
- 0128009942
- OCLC:
- 929781344
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