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sigmavirus

sigmavirus noun: any virus of the genus Sigmavirus, affecting dipterans.

Noun

sigmavirus (plural sigmaviruses)

  1. Any virus of the genus Sigmavirus, affecting dipterans.
    • 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).2012, Ralf Georg Dietzgen, Rhabdoviruses: Molecular Taxonomy, Evolution, Genomics, Ecology, Host-vector Interactions, Cytopathology, and Control

Forms of sigmavirus

pluralsigmaviruses

Origin of sigmavirus

From sigma + virus, from translingual Sigmavirus.

Questions about sigmavirus

What does sigmavirus mean?
Sigmavirus means any virus of the genus Sigmavirus, affecting dipterans.
What part of speech is sigmavirus?
Sigmavirus is a noun.
What is the plural of sigmavirus?
The plural of sigmavirus is sigmaviruses.

Words near sigmavirus in the dictionary

  1. sigmatisms
  2. sigmatoid
  3. sigmatropic
  4. sigmatropically
  5. sigmatropy
  6. sigmavirus
  7. sigmaviruses
  8. SIGMET
  9. SIGMETs
  10. sigmn.
  11. sigmodal

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