Biology:Alpharetrovirus

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Alpharetrovirus is a genus of viruses in the family Retroviridae. The genus contains nine species.[1]

Taxonomy

The genus contains the following species, listed by scientific name and followed by the exemplar virus of the species:[2]

  • Alpharetrovirus avicarmilhil2, Avian carcinoma Mill Hill virus 2
  • Alpharetrovirus avifujsar, Fujinami sarcoma virus
  • Alpharetrovirus avileu, Avian leukosis virus (ALV)[3]
  • Alpharetrovirus avimyebla, Avian myeloblastosis virus (AMV)[4]
  • Alpharetrovirus avimyecyt29, Avian myelocytomatosis virus 29
  • Alpharetrovirus avirousar, Rous sarcoma virus
  • Alpharetrovirus avisar10, Avian sarcoma virus CT10
  • Alpharetrovirus aviUR2sar, UR2 sarcoma virus
  • Alpharetrovirus aviY73sar, Y73 sarcoma virus

References

  1. "Virus Taxonomy: 2024 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. https://ictv.global/taxonomy. 
  2. "Species List: Retroviridae". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. https://ictv.global/report/chapter/retroviridae/taxonomy/retroviridae. 
  3. Lawrence, Eleanor. "ALV". Henderson's Dictionary of Biological Terms (10th ed.). p. 1. ISBN 0-470-21446-5. 
  4. Lawrence, Eleanor. "AMV". Henderson's Dictionary of Biological Terms (10th ed.). p. 1. ISBN 0-470-21446-5. 

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