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Why Classify Anything????. There is an intrinsic simplicity of nature, and the ultimate contribution of science resides in the discovery of unifying and simplifying generalizations, rather than in the description of isolated situations?in the visualization of simple overall patterns rather than in t
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1. Lecture 3
8. Meeting Classification Needs A universal system of viral classification and a unified taxonomy was established by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) in 1966. The system makes use of a series of ranked taxons, with the:
- Order (-virales) being the highest currently recognized.
- then Family (-viridae)
- Subfamily (-virinae)
- Genus (-virus)
- Species ( eg: tobacco mosaic virus)
15. Comparisons of Vertebrate and Plant Viruses