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Meaning of polydnavirus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

An insect virus of family Polydnaviridae that integrates itself inside a wasp genome.

Examples

“Interestingly, a putative relationship between bracoviruses (one of the two major recognized polydnavirus lineages) and Oryctes rhinoceros virus was suggested about 30 years ago, on the basis of a remarkable structural resemblance.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

polydodecahedron polydolopimorphian polydomy polydont polydopamine Polydorus