Molecular Basis of Virus Evolution
Cambridge University Press, 10/19/1995
EAN 9780521455336, ISBN10: 0521455332
Hardcover, 624 pages, 23.4 x 15.6 x 3.3 cm
Language: English
Advances in molecular biology have enabled leaps forward in the determination of virus phylogenetic history. This detailed 1995 book results from the invitation to foremost experts to give essays on aspects of virus biology. Initial chapters cover impacts of viruses and their control. Further chapters detail genetic variation of viruses and the molecular basis of interrelations with hosts. This leads to discussions of interactions with the host at the population level, and their molecular basis and evolution. Seventeen chapters follow, by specialists on particular groups of viruses describing their impact, genetic origins, sources of variation, population genetics and interactions with hosts. Practical virologists will find the chapters on phylogenetic analysis techniques very useful. The adaptive nature of viruses makes this work highly relevant to evolutionists.
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 RamÃÂerez, 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. GarcÃÂa-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. RodrÃÂguez, 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 GarcÃÂa-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-GalÃÂndez, J. M. Rojas and J. Dopazo
36. Molecular phylogenetic analysis Georg F. Weiller, Marcella A. McClure and Adrian J. Gibbs
Index.
‘... this book will be of interest to both professional virologists and evolutionists. It may also represent the coming of age of viral evolution.’ Eddie Holmes, Society for General Microbiology Quarterly
‘... not only for virologists but for all who are interested in practical studies of biological evolution.’ Reiner Spieker, Journal of Plant Physiology
‘... this is an excellent compilation of the spectrum of studies in this area ... A timely book with something for those interested in epidemiology and infection, but also in their theoretical basis.’ Ursula Gompels, Epidemiology and Infection