sigmavirus

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English

Etymology

From sigma +‎ virus, from translingual Sigmavirus.

Noun

sigmavirus (plural sigmaviruses)

  1. Any virus of the genus Sigmavirus, affecting dipterans.
    • 2012, Ralf Georg Dietzgen, Rhabdoviruses: Molecular Taxonomy, Evolution, Genomics, Ecology, Host-vector Interactions, Cytopathology, and Control:
      Owing to the high level of divergence of the sigmaviruses, L genes appear to be more appropriate than N genes for their evolutionary comparisons (Longdon et al., 2010).

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