Tetraviridae
Sign in to saveTetraviridae is a family of viruses named due to its members having T=4 symmetry and infecting butterflies and moths. The family was dissolved in 2011 due to genetic differences and replaced with three families, each of which still contain the name tetraviridae:
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- KingdomViruses
- PhylumKitrinoviricota
- ClassAlsuviricetes
- OrderHepelivirales
- FamilyAlphatetraviridae
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- positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus
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Tetraviridae is a family of viruses named due to its members having T=4 symmetry and infecting butterflies and moths. The family was dissolved in 2011 due to genetic differences and replaced with three families, each of which still contain the name tetraviridae: Alphatetraviridae Carmotetraviridae Permutotetraviridae
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