Viruses : Agents of Evolutionary Invention /

While viruses-the world's most abundant biological entities-are not technically alive, they invade, replicate, and evolve within living cells. Michael Cordingley goes beyond our familiarity with infections to show how viruses spur evolutionary change in their hosts and shape global ecosystems,...

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Hlavní autor: Cordingley, Michael G. (Autor)
Médium: E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2017
Témata:
Evolution (Biology).
Viruses.
MEDICAL / Infectious Diseases.
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ISBN:9780674978638
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  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • 1. Obligate Parasites of Cells
  • 2. Viruses, Genes, and Ecosystems
  • 3. Potentiation of Bacterial Diseases by Phages
  • 4. Viruses and Higher Organisms
  • 5. The Flu: No Common Cold
  • 6. Alternative Virus Lifestyles
  • 7. Evolutionary Mechanisms of DNA Viruses
  • 8. Viroids and Megaviruses: Extremes
  • 9. HIV-1: A Very Modern Pandemic
  • 10. Cross-Species Infections: Means and Opportunity
  • 11. Future Pandemic Influenza: Enemy at the Gates
  • 12. Ebolavirus
  • 13. Viral Zoonoses and Animal Reservoirs
  • 14. Endogenous Retroviruses: Our Viral Heritage
  • 15. Viruses as Human Tools
  • 16. Conclusion: Humanity and Viruses
  • References
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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