Retroviridae

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Translingual

Etymology

retro- +‎ -viridae, from such a virus's use of its own reverse transcriptase enzyme to produce DNA from its RNA genome, the reverse of the usual pattern

Proper noun

Retroviridae

A taxonomic family within the kingdom Virus – prototypical retroviruses.

Hyponyms

(family): Orthoretrovirinae, Spumaretrovirinae - subfamilies

References

Retroviridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Retroviridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Retroviridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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