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family: Dicistroviridae (current release)

Etymology: from the Greek di-, meaning "two" and cistron, a genetic unit, referring to the characteristic dicistronic arrangement of the genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa
Created in Proposal: Ratification_2002a.pdf PubMed ID: 6659369
Report Chapter: Dicistroviridae

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