Viral evolution is the change of a viral population in the face of selection pressures. Viruses produce so many progeny harboring many genome mutations, making evolution faster than in other organisms. In this lecture we consider the four main drivers of viral evolution: large numbers of progeny, mutation, selection, and quasispecies effects. We close with a consideration of where viruses came from and where they are going.

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