Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Chaseviridae; Proposal: 2019.047B.A.v1.Chaseviridae_1fam6gen; : ; ICTV Report: Chaseviridae; Reference:

to honour Martha Cowles Chase, an American geneticist who helped confirm that DNA rather than protein is the genetic material of life; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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