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31 March 2020

  • 21:1221:12, 31 March 2020 diff hist +827‎ Introduction to viruses ‎ →‎Genes: Updated article on recombination as another possible means of viral variability in evolution. Goes with previous sentence on reassortment.
  • 21:0321:03, 31 March 2020 diff hist +81‎ Introduction to viruses ‎ →‎Genes: Removed the "All" in "All cells" for accuracy. (In humans, for example, mature squamous epithelial & red blood cells do not produce polymerase to make DNA & RNA.) Defined "enzyme" within the sentence. Split first 24-word sentence into two, to make it easier for the reader. Split 2nd, 39-word sentence into three. Changed "host cells" to "host's cells" to agree with possessive in "virus's". WL "mutate"
  • 20:5520:55, 31 March 2020 diff hist +39‎ Introduction to viruses ‎ →‎Genes: Changed "only a few genes" to "relatively few genes" (some viruses have ~200). Split a sentence. Inserted "viral" to clarify topic switch back to viruses (the 20,000 - 25,000 human genes do not encode viral proteins, hopefully.) Split a 23-wd sentence. Changed "encode" to "contain the code to make" (to simplify). Reworded to clarify the genes make either structural or non-structural proteins. Fixed a split infinitive ("proteins only found" to "proteins found only"
  • 20:5220:52, 31 March 2020 diff hist +291‎ Introduction to viruses ‎ →‎Genes: Mvd 3rd sent. to 1st to improve flow. ∆d "information" to "instructions" (e.g., neurons carry info too). Rem 1 repeat of "organism". ∆d "is" to "are" (subject−verb agreement). WL genome: both DNA & RNA encode but not all life has both. WL DNA though WL earlier; in non-technical article, it's needed here. Rem 2nd mention of many viruses have RNA. Varied sentence length. WL DNA virus, Introduction to genetics & Nucleic acid double helix. Added animated double helix
  • 20:4120:41, 31 March 2020 diff hist 0‎ Chimera (genetics) ‎ →‎Sponges: Moved period inside the reference number

27 March 2020

  • 22:5722:57, 27 March 2020 diff hist +58‎ Introduction to viruses ‎ →‎Size: Added a comma before a conjunction. Added a wl to the general Optical microscope page, although a wl to a subsection on limitations far down on that page is here. This lets readers find a definition, & see a photo of a light microscope. WL "Micrometre (micrometers). Added a few words (changed "and" to "while"; added another "are typically"; added "in" to "thousand times larger in volume") to make this well-written & interesting section read a little easier.
  • 22:2022:20, 27 March 2020 diff hist −18‎ Introduction to viruses ‎ →‎Structure: Changed "known as" to "called" (alliteration, & one less syllable). Removed one "which are". Added a terminal comma, due to complexity for readers who are not familiar with biology ("helical, or more"). Simplified "which is formed by proteins" to "made out of proteins".
  • 22:0322:03, 27 March 2020 diff hist +3‎ Introduction to viruses ‎ →‎Origins: Changed ("∆d") colon to period, to make first sentence simpler. Edited "virus particles" to "viral particles"; added quotes to "virus first" as a term; simplified "contravenes" into "conflicts with"; "in that they are dependent on host cells" to "because viruses depend on host cells"; "But viruses" to "Also, viruses". Added comma before a conjunction. Removed space.
  • 21:3321:33, 27 March 2020 diff hist +251‎ User talk:SandyGeorgia ‎ →‎Grateful appreciation: new section
  • 21:2521:25, 27 March 2020 diff hist +37‎ Introduction to viruses ‎ →‎Origins: Italicized scientific names (genera). ∆d: "Over time, genes not required by their parasitism were lost" to "Eventually, the genes they no longer needed for a parasitic way of life, were lost"; "They lend" (these bacteria) to "This lends" (this example); "parasitism" to "being parasites"; "caused" to "led to" (selection, not dependence on parasitism, caused gene loss); "enabled them to survive outside a cell" to "allowed them to live on their own"; + "the" & c. Simplify; precision
  • 17:4317:43, 27 March 2020 diff hist +30‎ Introduction to viruses ‎ →‎Origins: Made first sentence into two to be easier for readers. Simplified "have been the most useful means of hypothesising how" to "have been the best way to hypothesise about". Clarified "Three main theories speculate on the origins of viruses:" to "There are three major theories about the origins of viruses:" WL "theories" to "Scientific theory" (theories)
  • 17:1417:14, 27 March 2020 diff hist +3‎ Introduction to viruses ‎ →‎Discovery: Changed "this virus was separated into protein and RNA pieces" to clarify it was separated into those two components; the idea is not that it was mixed fragments of both. Changed it to "this virus was separated into protein and pieces of RNA". Added commas, including both for needed for a dependent clause. Split a 36-word sentence, to make one small sentence, to vary sentence length, & give readers a better hope to understand, then added "This" to the top of the second sentence
  • 16:2016:20, 27 March 2020 diff hist +26‎ Introduction to viruses ‎ Added commas. Changed "the agent multiplied only in dividing cells"to "the agent only multiplied when in dividing cells to clarify that the agents are not doing math (at least not right now), and to simplify the thought process for readers.
  • 15:4115:41, 27 March 2020 diff hist +2‎ Introduction to viruses ‎ →‎Discovery: Added two commas to set apart dates. Removed a "thus" to simplify, and added a comma to enhance readers' ability to absorb information new to them
  • 15:3015:30, 27 March 2020 diff hist +59‎ Introduction to viruses ‎ Rem space. Added first missing comma in a clause. "Exchanged "which can provide lifetime immunity" in place of "conferring lifetime immunity" to prevent confusion that an immune response always gives lifetime immunity, when they do not always do so even in healthy organisms. Specified "Those vaccines" in place of "Vaccines" for same reason. Pointed out that antibiotics work against bacteria. In general, I simplified things, and toned down the idea that vaccines give guarantees; viruses evolve.
  • 14:5514:55, 27 March 2020 diff hist +168‎ Introduction to viruses ‎ Untwisted (a valiant effort to avoid dangling a participle) "against which their hosts have little protection" in a 22-word sentence; made it into two. Added missing commas before conjunctions & elsewhere as needed. Added WLs to articles for "Mutation", "Immunity (medical)", "vaccine", "2009 swine influenza". Split 30-word sentence (final one in this paragraph) in two, & added term "zoonotic" & links to "Zoonosis" and Cross-species_transmission" for clarity.
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