1. A short introduction to the origin and molecular evolution of viruses

   • Yechiel Becker

   OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 77

2. Structure, function, and evolution of bacterial reverse transcriptase

   • Sumiko Inouye
   • Masayori Inouye

   Part A: Role Of Retrons, Retroelements, And Reverse Transcription In The Evolution Of Retroviruses And In Eukaryotic Genome Plasticity Pages: 81 - 94

3. Bacterial reverse transcriptase and msDNA

   • Scott A. Rice
   • Bert C. Lampson

   Part A: Role Of Retrons, Retroelements, And Reverse Transcription In The Evolution Of Retroviruses And In Eukaryotic Genome Plasticity Pages: 95 - 104

4. Retroelements: Propagation and adaptation

   • Roger Hull
   • Simon N. Covey

   Part A: Role Of Retrons, Retroelements, And Reverse Transcription In The Evolution Of Retroviruses And In Eukaryotic Genome Plasticity Pages: 105 - 118

5. Origin and evolution of viroids and viroid-like satellite RNAs

   • Theodor O. Diener

   Part A: Role Of Retrons, Retroelements, And Reverse Transcription In The Evolution Of Retroviruses And In Eukaryotic Genome Plasticity Pages: 119 - 131

6. Evolution and biological significance of human retroelements

   • Christine Leib-Mösch
   • Wolfgang Seifarth

   Part A: Role Of Retrons, Retroelements, And Reverse Transcription In The Evolution Of Retroviruses And In Eukaryotic Genome Plasticity Pages: 133 - 145

7. Endogenousenv elements: Partners in generation of pathogenic feline leukemia viruses

   • Pradip Roy-Burman

   Part A: Role Of Retrons, Retroelements, And Reverse Transcription In The Evolution Of Retroviruses And In Eukaryotic Genome Plasticity Pages: 147 - 161

8. Reverse transcriptase: Mediator of genomic plasticity

   • Jürgen Brosius
   • Henri Tiedge

   Part A: Role Of Retrons, Retroelements, And Reverse Transcription In The Evolution Of Retroviruses And In Eukaryotic Genome Plasticity Pages: 163 - 179

9. Analysis of the phylogenetic placement of different spumaretroviral genes reveals complex pattern of foamy virus evolution

   • Holger Warnat Dias
   • Mordechai Aboud
   • Rolf M. Flügel

   Part B: Molecular Processes Involved In The Evolution Of RNA And DNA Viruses Pages: 183 - 190

10. Retrovirus and filovirus “immunosuppressive motif” and the evolution of virus pathogenicity in HIV-1, HIV-2, and ebola viruses

    • Yechiel Becker

    Part B: Molecular Processes Involved In The Evolution Of RNA And DNA Viruses Pages: 191 - 195

11. Molecular evolution of aphthoviruses

    • Esteban Domingo
    • Mauricio G. Mateu
    • Ignasi Fita

    Part B: Molecular Processes Involved In The Evolution Of RNA And DNA Viruses Pages: 197 - 207

12. Molecular evolution of influenza viruses

    • Christoph Scholtissek

    Part B: Molecular Processes Involved In The Evolution Of RNA And DNA Viruses Pages: 209 - 215

13. Analysis of matrix protein gene nucleotide sequence diversity among Newcastle disease virus isolates demonstrates that recent disease outbreaks are caused by viruses of psittacine origin

    • Bruce S. Seal

    Part B: Molecular Processes Involved In The Evolution Of RNA And DNA Viruses Pages: 217 - 224

14. Molecular epidemiology and evolution of mosquito-borne flaviviruses and alphaviruses enzootic in Australia

    • John S. Mackenzie
    • Michael Poidinger
    • Leanne M. Sammels

    Part B: Molecular Processes Involved In The Evolution Of RNA And DNA Viruses Pages: 225 - 237

15. The evolution of small DNA viruses of eukaryotes: Past and present considerations

    • F. F. Shadan
    • Luis P. Villarreal

    Part B: Molecular Processes Involved In The Evolution Of RNA And DNA Viruses Pages: 239 - 257

16. Retrotransposition and herpesvirus evolution

    • Peter Brunovskis
    • Hsing-Jien Kung

    Part B: Molecular Processes Involved In The Evolution Of RNA And DNA Viruses Pages: 259 - 270

17. Evolution of viral DNA-dependent RNA polymerases

    • Kai-Christian Sonntag
    • Gholamreza Darai

    Part B: Molecular Processes Involved In The Evolution Of RNA And DNA Viruses Pages: 271 - 284

18. Evolution of T4-related phages

    • Elizabeth Kutter
    • Ketevan Gachechiladze
    • Vadim Mesyanzhinov

    Part B: Molecular Processes Involved In The Evolution Of RNA And DNA Viruses Pages: 285 - 297

19. Molecular evolution of viruses: An interim summary

    • Yechiel Becker

    Part B: Molecular Processes Involved In The Evolution Of RNA And DNA Viruses Pages: 299 - 302