Question

Viruses evolve rapidly in part because of the error-prone nature of their replication enzymes, but not all viruses evolve at the same rate. Which of these viruses have a high rate of genetic mutation and adaptation?
retroviruses
segmented viruses

Answer 1

Answer:

retroviruses

segmented viruses

Explanation:

A retrovirus is a type of RNA virus that inserts a copy of its genome into the DNA of a host cell that it invades resulting in changing the original genome of that cell. There are about three examples of retroviruses, they are

* HIV

* Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)

* Human T-lymphotropic virus type 2 (HTLV-II)

It should be understood that there is a difference between virus and retrovirus. This is that a retrovirus inserts its genome into the host's genome unlike the virus.

Segmented viruses are viruses that package all of their genome segments into a single particle.

In this case, these viruses have high rate rate of genetic mutation and adaptation.