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<h2 id="etymology">Etymology</h2> <p>The name <i>Yingvirus</i> derives from 嬴 (<i>yíng</i>), the ancestral name of <a href="/facts/Duke_Mu_of_Qin/gWjHpIyV">Duke Mù of Qín</a> during the <a href="/facts/Spring_and_Autumn_period/H8klKw2P">Spring and Autumn period</a>, along with <i>-virus</i> the suffix for a virus genus.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> <i>Qinviridae</i> gets its name from 秦 (<i>Qín</i>), meaning <a href="/facts/Qin_(state)/m2gNbCq7">Qín State</a>, added to <i>-viridae</i> the suffix for a virus family.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> <i>Muvirales</i> is from 穆 (<i>Mù</i>), again for Duke Mù of Qín, along with <i>-virales</i> the suffix for a virus order.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> <i>Chunqiuviricetes</i> is from 春秋时代 (<i>Chūnqiū Shídài</i>), or Spring and Autumn period, attached to <i>-viricetes</i> the suffix for a virus class.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="genome">Genome</h2> <p>Yingviruses have linear, <a href="/facts/Sense_(molecular_biology)/hcKgNvy6">negative-sense</a>, bisegmented RNA genomes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> Genome lengths for four member species are:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><i>Yingvirus beihaiense</i>: Beihai sesarmid crab virus 4 (7380 <a href="/facts/Nucleotides/pQKEwlJI">nt</a>)</li> <li><i>Yingvirus hubeiense</i>: Hubei qinvirus-like virus 1 (7366 nt)</li> <li><i>Yingvirus sanxiaense</i>: Sanxia Qinvirus-like virus 1 (8238 nt)</li> <li><i>Yingvirus wenzhouense</i>: Wenzhou qinvirus-like virus 2 (8052 nt)</li></ul> <h2 id="taxonomy">Taxonomy</h2> <p>The genus contains the following species:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><i>Yingvirus beihaiense</i></li> <li><i>Yingvirus charybdis</i></li> <li><i>Yingvirus hubeiense</i></li> <li><i>Yingvirus sanxiaense</i></li> <li><i>Yingvirus shaheense</i></li> <li><i>Yingvirus wenzhouense</i></li> <li><i>Yingvirus wuhanense</i></li> <li><i>Yingvirus xinzhouense</i></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Wu, Haoming; Pang, Rui; Cheng, Tong; Xue, Liang; Zeng, Haiyan; Lei, Tao; Chen, Moutong; Wu, Shi; Ding, Yu; Zhang, Jumei; Shi, Mang (2020-08-25). "Abundant and Diverse RNA Viruses in Insects Revealed by RNA-Seq Analysis: Ecological and Evolutionary Implications". mSystems. 5 (4). doi:10.1128/mSystems.00039-20. ISSN 2379-5077. PMC 7343303. PMID 32636338. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7343303" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7343303</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"ICTV Taxonomy history: Mivirus". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 13 January 2019. <a href="https://ictv.global/taxonomy/taxondetails?taxnode_id=20186040" target="_blank">https://ictv.global/taxonomy/taxondetails?taxnode_id=20186040</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Wolf, Yuri; Krupovic, Mart; Zhang, Yong Zhen; Maes, Piet; Dolja, Valerian; Koonin, Eugene V.; Kuhn, Jens H. "Megataxonomy of negative-sense RNA viruses". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Archived from the original (docx) on January 13, 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019. <a href="/wiki/Zhang_Yongzhen" target="_blank">/wiki/Zhang_Yongzhen</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Wolf, Yuri; Krupovic, Mart; Zhang, Yong Zhen; Maes, Piet; Dolja, Valerian; Koonin, Eugene V.; Kuhn, Jens H. "Megataxonomy of negative-sense RNA viruses". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Archived from the original (docx) on January 13, 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019. <a href="/wiki/Zhang_Yongzhen" target="_blank">/wiki/Zhang_Yongzhen</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Wolf, Yuri; Krupovic, Mart; Zhang, Yong Zhen; Maes, Piet; Dolja, Valerian; Koonin, Eugene V.; Kuhn, Jens H. "Megataxonomy of negative-sense RNA viruses". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Archived from the original (docx) on January 13, 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019. <a href="/wiki/Zhang_Yongzhen" target="_blank">/wiki/Zhang_Yongzhen</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Wolf, Yuri; Krupovic, Mart; Zhang, Yong Zhen; Maes, Piet; Dolja, Valerian; Koonin, Eugene V.; Kuhn, Jens H. "Megataxonomy of negative-sense RNA viruses". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Archived from the original (docx) on January 13, 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019. <a href="/wiki/Zhang_Yongzhen" target="_blank">/wiki/Zhang_Yongzhen</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Wu, Haoming; Pang, Rui; Cheng, Tong; Xue, Liang; Zeng, Haiyan; Lei, Tao; Chen, Moutong; Wu, Shi; Ding, Yu; Zhang, Jumei; Shi, Mang (2020-08-25). "Abundant and Diverse RNA Viruses in Insects Revealed by RNA-Seq Analysis: Ecological and Evolutionary Implications". mSystems. 5 (4). doi:10.1128/mSystems.00039-20. ISSN 2379-5077. PMC 7343303. PMID 32636338. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7343303" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7343303</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Complete genomes: Yingvirus". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 17 July 2019. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/GenomesGroup.cgi?taxid=2507497" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/GenomesGroup.cgi?taxid=2507497</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Virus Taxonomy: 2024 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 13 March 2025. <a href="https://ictv.global/taxonomy" target="_blank">https://ictv.global/taxonomy</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>