{"id":1101,"date":"2016-12-07T22:49:14","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T22:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1101"},"modified":"2024-04-25T17:54:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T17:54:42","slug":"introduction-to-viral-evolution-morphology-and-classification","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/chapter\/introduction-to-viral-evolution-morphology-and-classification\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Viral Evolution, Morphology, and Classification","rendered":"Introduction to Viral Evolution, Morphology, and Classification"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Discuss the basics of virus discovery, evolution, and classification<\/h2>\r\nViruses are diverse entities. They vary in their structure, their replication methods, and in their target hosts. Nearly all forms of life\u2014from bacteria and archaea to eukaryotes such as plants, animals, and fungi\u2014have viruses that infect them. While most biological diversity can be understood through evolutionary history, such as how species have adapted to conditions and environments, much about virus origins and evolution remains unknown.\r\n<h2>What You'll Learn to Do<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Describe how viruses were first discovered and how they are detected<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Discuss three hypotheses about how viruses evolved<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Recognize the basic shapes of viruses<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Understand past and emerging classification systems for viruses<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Learning Activities<\/h3>\r\nThe learning activities for this section include the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>History\u00a0of Viruses<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Viral Morphology<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Viral Classification<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Self Check: Viral Evolution, Morphology, and Classification<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<h2>Discuss the basics of virus discovery, evolution, and classification<\/h2>\n<p>Viruses are diverse entities. They vary in their structure, their replication methods, and in their target hosts. Nearly all forms of life\u2014from bacteria and archaea to eukaryotes such as plants, animals, and fungi\u2014have viruses that infect them. While most biological diversity can be understood through evolutionary history, such as how species have adapted to conditions and environments, much about virus origins and evolution remains unknown.<\/p>\n<h2>What You&#8217;ll Learn to Do<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Describe how viruses were first discovered and how they are detected<\/li>\n<li>Discuss three hypotheses about how viruses evolved<\/li>\n<li>Recognize the basic shapes of viruses<\/li>\n<li>Understand past and emerging classification systems for viruses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Learning Activities<\/h3>\n<p>The learning activities for this section include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>History\u00a0of Viruses<\/li>\n<li>Viral Morphology<\/li>\n<li>Viral Classification<\/li>\n<li>Self Check: Viral Evolution, Morphology, and Classification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1101\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Introduction to Viral Evolution, Morphology, and Classification. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Shelli Carter and Lumen Learning. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><li>Biology 2e. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: OpenStax. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/185cbf87-c72e-48f5-b51e-f14f21b5eabd@10.8\">http:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/185cbf87-c72e-48f5-b51e-f14f21b5eabd@10.8<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em>. <strong>License Terms<\/strong>: Access for free at https:\/\/openstax.org\/books\/biology-2e\/pages\/1-introduction<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":17,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Introduction to Viral Evolution, Morphology, and Classification\",\"author\":\"Shelli Carter and Lumen Learning\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Biology 2e\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"OpenStax\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/185cbf87-c72e-48f5-b51e-f14f21b5eabd@10.8\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"Access for free at https:\/\/openstax.org\/books\/biology-2e\/pages\/1-introduction\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"c7366119-ece6-4c90-bd7b-a4ae3b5c6530","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1101","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":1098,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8254,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1101\/revisions\/8254"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1098"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1101\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1101"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1101"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}