Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Retroviridae; Proposal: Ratification 1975; : ; ICTV Report: Retroviridae; Reference: PMID: 21433350

from the Latin retro, meaning “backwards”, referring to the activity of reverse transcriptase which transfers genetic information from RNA “back” to DNA during replication of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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