Molecular Basis of Virus Evolution

Table of Contents

Editors' preface
1. Introduction and guide
Part I. The Impact of Viral Diseases:
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
Part II. Origins of Viruses and their Genes:
4. Origin of RNA viral genomes
approaching the problem by comparative sequence analysis Alexander E. Borbalenya
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-Jürgen Theil
Part III. Sources of Virus Variation:
8. Molecular mechanisms of point mutations in RNA viruses Bertha-Cecilia Ramíerez, Pascale Barbier, Karin Séron, Anne-Lise Haenni and Françoise Bernardi
9. Recombination and its evolutionary effect on viruses with RNA genomes Michael M. C. Lai
Part IV. Molecular Interactions of Viruses and their Hosts:
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
Part V. Viruses, Hosts and Populations:
13. Quasi-species: the concept and the word Estaban Domingo, John Holland, Christop 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. García-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
Part VI. Case Studies of Viral Taxa: Their Systematics and Evolution:
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. Rodríguez, J. C. Sáiz and F. Sobrino
22. Evolution of the Bunyaviridae Richard M. Elliott
23. Evolution of the tobamoviruses Aurora Fraile, Miguel A. Aranda and Fernando García-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
Part VII. Techniques for Viral Systematics:
35. The RNase A mismatch method for the genetic characterization of viruses C. López-Galíndez, J. M. Rojas and J. Dopazo
36. Molecular phylogenetic analysis Georg F. Weiller, Marcella A. McClure and Adrian J. Gibbs
Index.

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