Question

What are the type of viruses

Answer 1

Explanation:

A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism.

Mainly the viruses are of two major types i.e

1. DNA viruses ( virus which contain DNA )

2. RNA viruses ( virus which contain RNA)

RNA viruses are also called as retro viruses

since they have genetic material as RNA which was primitive genetic material.

we can further divide viruses in their single and double stranded genetic material

here are some examples coded hope it will help you.

1. dsDNA viruses (e.g. Adenoviruses, Herpesviruses, Poxviruses)

2. ssDNA viruses (e.g. Parvoviruses)

3. dsRNA viruses (e.g. Reoviruses)

4. ssRNA viruses RNA (e.g. Picornaviruses, Togaviruses)