Members of the genus form a separate clade from other members of the family upon phylogenetic analysis of RNA-directed RNA polymerase amino acid sequences.
See discussion under family description.
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ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Marnaviridae 2021, Journal of General Virology, 2021 102(8):001633.
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