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1、Molecularsystematicsisrevealingthatvirusesarethemasterexplorersofevolutionaryspace;theyexploitbothRNAandDNAworldsusingallthetricksofthetrade,andsometimeswithdevastatingspeed.Thisbookisofinvitedessaysonvariousaspectsofvirusevolution,especiallycluestotheirphylogenetich
2、istoriesasrevealedbygenesequenceanalysisandothernewtechniques.Theearlychaptersgiveexamplesoftheimpactofvirusesandtheircontrol.Furtherchaptersdiscussthegeneticvariationofvirusesandtheirinteractionswithotherorganismsatvariouslevels,frommoleculetopopulation.Thelargestse
3、ction,of17chapters,focussesonviewsoftheevolutionofparticulargroupsofviruses,anddescribestheirgeneticorigins,molecularvariation,populationgeneticsandinteractionswithhosts.Finally,therearechaptersonphylogeneticanalysistoaidnewcomers.Thisworkisnotonlyforvirologistsbutfo
4、rallwhoareinterestedinpracticalstudiesofbiologicalevolution.MOLECULARBASISOFVIRUSEVOLUTIONMOLECULARBASISOFVIRUSEVOLUTIONEditedbyADRIANJ.GIBBSAustralianNationalUniversity,Canberra,AustraliaCHARLESH.CALISHERColoradoStateUniversity,FortCollins,USAFERNANDOGARCIA-ARENALUn
5、iversidadPolitecnica,Madrid,SpainCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SaoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB22RU,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress
6、,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521455336©CambridgeUniversityPress1995Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthe
7、writtenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress.Firstpublished1995Reprinted1997Thisdigitallyprintedfirstpaperbackversion2005AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryLibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationdataMolecularbasisofvirusevolution/edite
8、dbyAdrianJ.Gibbs.CharlesH.Calisher,FernandoGarcia-Arenal.p.cm.Includesindex.ISBN0521455332(hardback)1.Molecularvirology.2.Viruses-E