Highly Mutable Animal RNA Viruses: Adaptation and Evolution

• Main Author: Masako Nomaguchi (auth)
• Other Authors: Akio Adachi (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical); mutation; phylogenetic trees; animal RNA viruses; adaptation; diversification
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Viruses are widely present in nature, and numerous viral species with a variety of unique characteristics have been identified so far. Even now, new emerging or re-emerging viruses are being found or re-found as novel viral classes or as quasi-species. Indeed, viruses are everywhere. Of note, viruse...