Phytovirus
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A plant virus.
"Although RNA phytoviruses have been shown to recombine in the field, the proportion of recombinants generated during a single-host infection does not seem to reach the levels of their DNA counterparts, probably because cell co-infection by different genotypes is often limited."
Example
More examples"Although RNA phytoviruses have been shown to recombine in the field, the proportion of recombinants generated during a single-host infection does not seem to reach the levels of their DNA counterparts, probably because cell co-infection by different genotypes is often limited."
Etymology
From phyto- + virus.
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