Origin and Evolution of Viruses
Contributors: Esteban Domingo (Editor); Robert G. Webster (Editor); John F. Holland (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: January 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 499
ISBN-13: 9780122203602
Subjects: Diseases & disorders; Medical research; Virology; Science; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Infectious Diseases; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Microbiology; Medical / Infectious Diseases; Life Sciences - Cytology; Evolution; Viruses
First sentence: A large number of successful experimental studies that tried to work out plausible chemical scenarios for the origin of early replicons, being molecules capable of replication, have been conducted in the past (Mason, 1919).