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Viruses: Essential Agents of Life

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Revolutionary Struggle for Existence: Introduction to Four Intriguing Puzzles in Virus Research
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    Chapter 2 Quasispecies Dynamics of RNA Viruses
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    Chapter 3 The Origin of Virions and Virocells: The Escape Hypothesis Revisited
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    Chapter 4 Scratching the Surface of Biology’s Dark Matter
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    Chapter 5 Virus Universe: Can It Be Constructed from a Limited Number of Viral Architectures
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    Chapter 6 The Addiction Module as a Social Force
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    Chapter 7 Viral Integration and Consequences on Host Gene Expression
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    Chapter 8 Persistent Plant Viruses: Molecular Hitchhikers or Epigenetic Elements?
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    Chapter 9 The Concept of Virus in the Post-Megavirus Era
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    Chapter 10 Unpacking the Baggage: Origin and Evolution of Giant Viruses
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    Chapter 11 Megavirales Composing a Fourth Domain of Life: Mimiviridae and Marseilleviridae
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    Chapter 12 On Viruses, Bats and Men: A Natural History of Food-Borne Viral Infections
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    Chapter 13 LTR Retroelement-Derived Protein-Coding Genes and Vertebrate Evolution
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    Chapter 14 Koala Retrovirus Endogenisation in Action
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    Chapter 15 The Evolutionary Interplay Between Exogenous and Endogenous Sheep Betaretroviruses
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    Chapter 16 Endogenous Retroviruses and the Epigenome
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    Chapter 17 From Viruses to Genes: Syncytins
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    Chapter 18 Hepatitis G Virus or GBV-C: A Natural Anti-HIV Interfering Virus
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    Chapter 19 Salutary Contributions of Viruses to Medicine and Public Health
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    Chapter 20 From Molecular Entities to Competent Agents: Viral Infection-Derived Consortia Act as Natural Genetic Engineers
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Title
Viruses: Essential Agents of Life
Published by
Springer Netherlands, January 2012
DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-4899-6
ISBNs
978-9-40-074898-9, 978-9-40-074899-6, 978-9-40-079233-3
Editors

Guenther Witzany

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 3 2%
Canada 2 1%
Germany 1 <1%
Lithuania 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
Denmark 1 <1%
Peru 1 <1%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1 <1%
Other 1 <1%
Unknown 146 92%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 29 18%
Researcher 22 14%
Student > Master 19 12%
Student > Bachelor 16 10%
Student > Postgraduate 11 7%
Other 37 23%
Unknown 25 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 61 38%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 25 16%
Immunology and Microbiology 11 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 4%
Environmental Science 6 4%
Other 19 12%
Unknown 31 19%