Viruses: Agents of Evolutionary Invention

Viruses: Agents of Evolutionary Invention
ISBN-10
0674972082
ISBN-13
9780674972087
Series
Viruses
Category
Medical
Pages
373
Language
English
Published
2017-06-19
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
Michael G. Cordingley

Description

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, from ocean photosynthesis to drug-resistant bacteria.

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