02175oam 2200493 450 991081935240332120190911100031.00-12-800837-70-12-800994-2(OCoLC)929781344(MiFhGG)GVRL6QDP(EXLCZ)99371000000048305820160222h20162016 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrVirus as populations composition, complexity, dynamics, and biological implications /Esteban Domingo, Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo, Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), University Automona de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid, SpainFirst edition.London :Academic Press,[2016]�20161 online resource (xvi, 412 pages) illustrations (some color)Gale eBooksDescription based upon print version of record.Includes bibliographical references and index.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.This book explains fundamental concepts that arise from regarding viruses as complex populations when replicating in infected hosts.VirusesEvolutionVirusesVirologyViral geneticsVirusesEvolution.Viruses.Virology.Viral genetics.576.64Domingo Esteban1658741MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910819352403321Virus as populations4012953UNINA