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

• Autore: Domingo Esteban
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Academic Press, , [2016]; �2016
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 412 pages) : illustrations (some color)
• Disciplina: 576.64
• Soggetto topico: Viruses - Evolution; Viruses; Virology; Viral genetics
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explains fundamental concepts that arise from regarding viruses as complex populations when replicating in infected hosts.
• Titolo autorizzato: Virus as populations
• ISBN: 0-12-800837-7; 0-12-800994-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797650903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II