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Title

Molecular basis of virus evolution / edited by Adrian J. Gibbs, Charles H. Calisher, Fernando García-Arenal.

Publication

Cambridge, Eng. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors

• Gibbs, A. J. (Adrian J.)
• Calisher, Charles H.
• Garcia-Arenal, Fernando.

Description

xix, 603 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Molecular evolution
• Molecular virology
• Viruses > Evolution

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction and guide / The editors -- 2. Classical studies of virus evolution / Frank Fenner -- 3. The evolution of virus diseases: their emergence, epidemicity and control / Neal Nathanson, Kathleen A. McGann and John Wilesmith -- 4. Origin of RNA viral genomes; approaching the problem by comparative sequence analysis / Alexander E. Gorbalenya -- 5. Origins of DNA viruses / Duncan J. McGeoch and Andrew J. Davison -- 6. In search of the origins of viral genes / Adrian Gibbs and Paul K. Keese -- 7. Cellular sequences in viral genomes / Gregor Meyers, Norbert Tautz and Heinz-Jurgen Theil -- 8. Molecular mechanisms of point mutations in RNA viruses / Bertha-Cecilia Ramirez, Pascale Barbier, Karin Seron, Anne-Lise Haenni and Francoise Bernardi -- 9. Recombination and its evolutionary effect on viruses with RNA genomes / Michael M. C. Lai -- 10. Viruses as ligands of eukaryotic cell surface molecules / Thomas L. Lentz --
• 11. The influence of immunity on virus evolution / Charles R. M. Bangham -- 12. Effect of variation within an HIV-1 envelope region containing neutralizing epitopes and virulence determinants / Jaap Goudsmit -- 13. Quasi-species: the concept and the word / Estaban Domingo, John Holland, Christof Biebricher and Manfred Eigen -- 14. The co-evolutionary dynamics of viruses and their hosts / Robert M. May -- 15. Population genetics of viruses: an introduction / A. Moya and F. Garcia-Arenal -- 16. Origin and evolution of prokaryotes / E. Stackebrandt -- 17. Molecular systematics and seed plant phylogeny: a summary of a parsimony analysis of rbcL sequence data / Kathleen A. Kron and Mark W. Chase -- 18. Evolution of poxviruses and African swine fever virus / R. Blasco -- 19. Molecular systematics of the flaviviruses and their relatives / Jan Blok and Adrian J. Gibbs -- 20. Herpesviridae / Andrew J. Davison and Duncan J. McGeoch --
• 21. Aphthovirus evolution / J. Dopazo, M. J. Rodrigo, A. Rodriguez, J. C. Saiz and F. Sobrino -- 22. Evolution of the Bunyaviridae / Richard M. Elliott -- 23. Evolution of the tobamoviruses / Aurora Fraile, Miguel A. Aranda and Fernando Garcia-Arenal -- 24. The luteovirus supergroup: rampant recombination and persistent partnerships / Mark Gibbs -- 25. The evolution of the Reoviridae / Wolfgang K. Joklik and Michael R. Roner -- 26. Genetic variation and evolution of satellite viruses and satellite RNAs / G. Kurath and C. Robaglia -- 27. Molecular evolution of the retroid family / Marcella A. McClure -- 28. Adaptation of members of the Orthomyxoviridae family to transmission by ticks / Patricia A. Nuttall, Mary A. Morse, Linda D. Jones and Agustin Portela -- 29. The Order Mononegavirales: evolutionary relationships and mechanisms of variation / C. R. Pringle --
• 30. The molecular evolution of the human immunodeficiency viruses / Paul M. Sharp, Conal J. Burgess and Beatrice H. Hahn -- 31. Molecular evolution of papillomaviruses / Marc Van Ranst, Jeffrey B. Kaplan, John P. Sundberg and Robert D. Burk -- 32. Molecular systematics of the Potyviridae, the largest plant virus family / Colin W. Ward, Georg F. Weiller, Dharma D. Shukla and Adrian Gibbs -- 33. Evolution of alphaviruses / Scott C. Weaver -- 34. Evolution of influenza viruses: rapid evolution and stasis / R. G. Webster, W. J. Bean and O. T. Gorman -- 35. The RNase A mismatch method for the genetic characterization of viruses / C. Lopez-Galindez, J. M. Rojas and J. Dopazo -- 36. Molecular phylogenetic analysis / Georg F. Weiller, Marcella A. McClure and Adrian J. Gibbs.

ISBN

0521455332

LCCN

94030349

OCLC

• 30894075
• ocm30894075

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries