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The evolution and emergence of RNA viruses / / Edward C. Holmes
| The evolution and emergence of RNA viruses / / Edward C. Holmes |
| Autore | Holmes Edward C. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
| Disciplina | 579.25 |
| Collana | Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution |
| Soggetto topico |
RNA viruses
Viruses - Evolution Viral genetics Virus diseases |
| ISBN | 0-19-154941-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Why study RNA virus evolution?; 1.1.1 Ways to study viral evolution; 1.1.2 The scope of this book; 1.2 RNA viruses and evolutionary biology; 1.2.1 The RNA virus world; 1.3 The basics of viral biology; 1.3.1 A cursory history of virology; 1.3.2 Virology 101; 1.3.3 Exploring the virosphere; 2 The origins of RNA viruses; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 The perils of deep viral phylogeny; 2.2 Theories for the origin of RNA viruses; 2.2.1 The regressive origin theory; 2.2.2 RNA viruses as escaped genes; 2.2.3 RNA viruses and the RNA world; 2.2.4 Eigen's paradox
2.2.5 The taxonomic distribution of RNA viruses2.2.6 Conserved protein structures; 2.3 Deep phylogenetic relationships among RNA viruses; 2.3.1 The 'higher-order' relationships of RNA viruses; 2.3.2 Phylogenies based on genome organization; 2.3.3 Phylogenies based on protein structure; 2.4 RNA viruses and the evolution of the genetic code; 3 The mechanisms of RNA virus evolution; 3.1 The evolutionary dynamics of RNA viruses; 3.1.1 Mutation rates in RNA viruses and their determinants; 3.1.2 A comparison of substitution rates in viruses; 3.1.3 Differences in viral generation time 3.1.4 Slowly evolving RNA viruses?3.1.5 Rapidly evolving ssDNA viruses; 3.1.6 What sets the rate of RNA virus evolution?; 3.1.7 Trade-offs and the evolution of mutation rates; 3.1.8 Mutation rates and mutational loads; 3.1.9 Are RNA viruses trapped by high mutation rates?; 3.2 Recombination and reassortment in RNA virus evolution; 3.2.1 Recombination frequency in RNA viruses; 3.2.2 Detecting recombination in RNA viruses; 3.2.3 What determines the rate of recombination in RNA viruses?; 3.2.4 Recombination and deleterious mutation 3.3 Natural selection, genetic drift, and the genetics of adaptation3.3.1 Effective population sizes in viral evolution; 3.3.2 Transmission bottlenecks; 3.3.3 The dynamics of allele fixation: estimating selection coefficients; 3.3.4 The importance of hitch-hiking; 3.3.5 Patterns of synonymous and nonsynonymous evolution; 3.3.6 Natural selection and transmission mode; 3.3.7 Escape from intrinsic immunity; 3.3.8 Strictly neutral evolution in RNA viruses?; 3.3.9 Determinants of codon bias (and nucleotide composition) in RNA viruses; 3.4 Deleterious mutation and RNA virus evolution 3.4.1 Deleterious mutation and intra-host genetic diversity3.4.2 The importance of defective interfering particles and complementation; 3.4.3 Complementation may be commonplace in RNA viruses; 3.5 Epistasis in RNA virus evolution; 3.5.1 Epistasis and robustness; 3.5.2 The importance of RNA secondary structure; 3.5.3 Convergence and pleiotropy; 3.6 The importance of intra-host viral diversity; 4 The RNA virus quasispecies; 4.1 What is a quasispecies?; 4.2 The great quasispecies debate; 4.2.1 What's in a name: quasispecies or polymorphism? 4.2.2 Is quasispecies theory different from 'classical' population genetics? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798280503321 |
Holmes Edward C.
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| Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The evolution and emergence of RNA viruses / / Edward C. Holmes
| The evolution and emergence of RNA viruses / / Edward C. Holmes |
| Autore | Holmes Edward C. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
| Disciplina | 579.25 |
| Collana | Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution |
| Soggetto topico |
RNA viruses
Viruses - Evolution Viral genetics Virus diseases |
| ISBN | 0-19-154941-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Why study RNA virus evolution?; 1.1.1 Ways to study viral evolution; 1.1.2 The scope of this book; 1.2 RNA viruses and evolutionary biology; 1.2.1 The RNA virus world; 1.3 The basics of viral biology; 1.3.1 A cursory history of virology; 1.3.2 Virology 101; 1.3.3 Exploring the virosphere; 2 The origins of RNA viruses; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 The perils of deep viral phylogeny; 2.2 Theories for the origin of RNA viruses; 2.2.1 The regressive origin theory; 2.2.2 RNA viruses as escaped genes; 2.2.3 RNA viruses and the RNA world; 2.2.4 Eigen's paradox
2.2.5 The taxonomic distribution of RNA viruses2.2.6 Conserved protein structures; 2.3 Deep phylogenetic relationships among RNA viruses; 2.3.1 The 'higher-order' relationships of RNA viruses; 2.3.2 Phylogenies based on genome organization; 2.3.3 Phylogenies based on protein structure; 2.4 RNA viruses and the evolution of the genetic code; 3 The mechanisms of RNA virus evolution; 3.1 The evolutionary dynamics of RNA viruses; 3.1.1 Mutation rates in RNA viruses and their determinants; 3.1.2 A comparison of substitution rates in viruses; 3.1.3 Differences in viral generation time 3.1.4 Slowly evolving RNA viruses?3.1.5 Rapidly evolving ssDNA viruses; 3.1.6 What sets the rate of RNA virus evolution?; 3.1.7 Trade-offs and the evolution of mutation rates; 3.1.8 Mutation rates and mutational loads; 3.1.9 Are RNA viruses trapped by high mutation rates?; 3.2 Recombination and reassortment in RNA virus evolution; 3.2.1 Recombination frequency in RNA viruses; 3.2.2 Detecting recombination in RNA viruses; 3.2.3 What determines the rate of recombination in RNA viruses?; 3.2.4 Recombination and deleterious mutation 3.3 Natural selection, genetic drift, and the genetics of adaptation3.3.1 Effective population sizes in viral evolution; 3.3.2 Transmission bottlenecks; 3.3.3 The dynamics of allele fixation: estimating selection coefficients; 3.3.4 The importance of hitch-hiking; 3.3.5 Patterns of synonymous and nonsynonymous evolution; 3.3.6 Natural selection and transmission mode; 3.3.7 Escape from intrinsic immunity; 3.3.8 Strictly neutral evolution in RNA viruses?; 3.3.9 Determinants of codon bias (and nucleotide composition) in RNA viruses; 3.4 Deleterious mutation and RNA virus evolution 3.4.1 Deleterious mutation and intra-host genetic diversity3.4.2 The importance of defective interfering particles and complementation; 3.4.3 Complementation may be commonplace in RNA viruses; 3.5 Epistasis in RNA virus evolution; 3.5.1 Epistasis and robustness; 3.5.2 The importance of RNA secondary structure; 3.5.3 Convergence and pleiotropy; 3.6 The importance of intra-host viral diversity; 4 The RNA virus quasispecies; 4.1 What is a quasispecies?; 4.2 The great quasispecies debate; 4.2.1 What's in a name: quasispecies or polymorphism? 4.2.2 Is quasispecies theory different from 'classical' population genetics? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814101303321 |
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Holmes Edward C.
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| Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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