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1 online resource (624 pages) |
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EVOLUTION OF VIRULENCE IN EUKARYOTIC MICROBES; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PART I: GENERAL OVERVIEWS; CHAPTER 1: POPULATION GENETICS AND PARASITE DIVERSITY; CHAPTER 2: EVOLUTION OF MEIOSIS, RECOMBINATION, AND SEXUAL REPRODUCTION INEUKARYOTIC MICROBES; CHAPTER 3: PHYLOGENOMIC ANALYSIS; CHAPTER 4: PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION OF VIRULENCE IN THE KINGDOM FUNGI; PART II: POPULATION GENETICS AND EVOLUTIONARY APPROACHES; CHAPTER 5: MALARIA: HOST RANGE, DIVERSITY, AND SPECIATION; CHAPTER 6: FROM POPULATION GENOMICS TO ELUCIDATED TRAITS IN PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM |
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CHAPTER 7: SELECTIVE SWEEPS IN HUMAN MALARIA PARASITESCHAPTER 8: EVOLUTION OF DRUG RESISTANCE IN FUNGI; CHAPTER 9: DISCOVERY OF EXTANT SEXUAL CYCLES IN HUMAN PATHOGENIC FUNGI AND THEIR ROLES IN THE GENERATION OF DIVERSITY AND VIRULENCE; CHAPTER 10: WORLDWIDE MIGRATIONS, HOST SHIFTS, AND REEMERGENCE OF PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS, THE PLANT DESTROYER; CHAPTER 11: EXPERIMENTAL AND NATURAL EVOLUTION OF THE CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS AND CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII SPECIES COMPLEX; CHAPTER 12: POPULATION GENETICS, DIVERSITY, AND SPREAD OF VIRULENCE IN TOXOPLASMA GONDII |
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PART III: FORWARD AND REVERSE GENETIC SYSTEMS FOR DEFINING VIRULENCECHAPTER 13: GENETIC CROSSES IN PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM: ANALYSIS OF DRUG RESISTANCE; CHAPTER 14: GENETIC MAPPING OF VIRULENCE IN RODENT MALARIAS; CHAPTER 15: GENETIC MAPPING OF ACUTE VIRULENCE IN TOXOPLASMA GONDII; CHAPTER 16: VIRULENCE IN AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMES: GENETIC AND MOLECULAR APPROACHES; CHAPTER 17: THE EVOLUTION OF ANTIGENIC VARIATION IN AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMES; CHAPTER 18: ANTIGENIC VARIATION, ADHERENCE, AND VIRULENCE IN MALARIA; CHAPTER 19: INVASION LIGAND DIVERSITY AND PATHOGENESIS IN BLOOD-STAGE MALARIA |
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PART IV: COMPARATIVE "OMICS" APPROACHES TO DEFINING VIRULENCECHAPTER 20: EVOLUTION OF VIRULENCE IN OOMYCETE PLANT PATHOGENS; CHAPTER 21: EVOLUTION AND GENOMICS OF THE PATHOGENIC CANDIDA SPECIES COMPLEX; CHAPTER 22: EVOLUTION OF ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA VIRULENCE; CHAPTER 23: SEX AND VIRULENCE IN BASIDIOMYCETE PATHOGENS; CHAPTER 24: EMERGENCE OF THE CHYTRID FUNGUS BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS AND GLOBAL AMPHIBIAN DECLINES; CHAPTER 25: IMPACT OF HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER ON VIRULENCE OF FUNGAL PATHOGENS OF PLANTS; CHAPTER 26: EVOLUTION OF PLANT PATHOGENICITY IN FUSARIUM SPECIES |
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CHAPTER 27: GENETIC, GENOMIC, AND MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO DEFINE VIRULENCE OF ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUSCHAPTER 28: CRYPTOSPORIDIUM: COMPARATIVE GENOMICS AND PATHOGENESIS; INDEX |
| Summary |
A unique and timely review of the emergence of eukaryotic virulence in fungi, oomycetes, and protozoa, as they affect both animals and plantsEvolution of Virulence in Eukaryotic Microbes addresses new developments in defining the molecular basis of virulence in eukaryotic pathogens. By examining how pathogenic determinants have evolved in concert with their hosts, often overcoming innate and adaptive immune mechanisms, the book takes a fresh look at the selective processes that have shaped their evolution. Introductory chapters ground the reader in principal evolutionary themes such as phylogen |
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Protista.
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Eukaryotic cells.
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Microbial genomics.
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Virulence (Microbiology) -- Genetic aspects.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Microbiology.
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Eukaryotic cells.
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Microbial genomics.
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Protista.
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Virulence (Microbiology) -- Genetic aspects.
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Electronic book
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Howlett, Barbara J
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Heitman, Joseph
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| ISBN |
9781118308141 |
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111830814X |
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9781118308134 |
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1118308131 |
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