phytovirus
nounEtymology From phyto- + virus.
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Biology, Natural sciences A plant virus.
- Although RNA phytoviruses have been shown to recombine in the field, the proportion of recombinants generated during a single-host infection does not seem to reach the levels of their DNA counterparts, probably because cell co-infection by different genotypes is often limited.2016, Mark Denison, Virus Evolution, page 81: