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Title
Viral fitness and evolution : population dynamics and adaptive mechanisms / Esteban Domingo, Peter Schuster, Santiago F. Elena, Celia Perales, editors.
ISBN
9783031156403 (electronic bk.)
3031156404 (electronic bk.)
9783031156397
3031156390
Published
Cham : Springer, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 344 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-15640-3 doi
Call Number
RC114.5
Dewey Decimal Classification
614.5/8
Summary
This book unifies general concepts of plant and animal virus evolution and covers a broad range of topics related to theoretical and experimental aspects of virus population dynamics and viral fitness. Timely topics such as viral mechanisms to cope with antiviral agents, the adaptability of the virus to new hosts, emergence of new viral phenotypes, and the connections between short- and long-term virus evolution are included. By comparing plant and animal viruses, universal mechanisms responsible for fitness variations, viral emergence and disease mechanisms are explored. Although emphasis is put on specific plant and human viral pathogens, relevant similarities and differences to other viruses are highlighted. Additionally, readers will learn more about the adaptability of coronaviruses, including the recently emerged SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic. The book is aimed at students and scientists interested in basic and applied aspects of plant and animal virus population dynamics and evolution.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 12, 2023).
Series
Current topics in microbiology and immunology ; 439. 2196-9965
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783031156397
Theoretical analysis of the evolution of viral populations in sequence space, and empirical fitness landscapes
Self-organized maps to derive fitness landscapes from deep sequencing data
Mutations to overcome viral resistance in plants
The role of recombination in the generation of new begomovirus phenotypes
Plant virus adaptation to new hosts
Viral fitness, host interactions, and resistance to antiviral agents
Viral fitness and evolution of hepatitis C virus
Population dynamics and fitness variations of hemorrhagic RNA viruses
Coronavirus genome sequences, variation, and disease implications
Epilogue: viral populations from a theoretical and experimental perspective.