Screen LibraryVirus as populations : composition, complexity, dynamics, and biological implications /
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Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam ; London, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xvi, 412 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780128008379 (paperback) : 0128008377 |
| Index Number: | QR360 |
| CLC: | Q939.4 |
| Call Number: | Q939.4/D671 |
| 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. |