Potyvirus

Potyvirus or potyviruses are a genus of viruses in the family Potyviridae. They make plants sick. There are 183 species in this genus including the type species Potato virus Y. The genus is named after potato virus Y.^[1]

Scientists think the first potyvirus existed 15,000 to 30,000 years ago and lived in grass.^[1]

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Adrian J. Gibbs; Mohammad Hajizadeh; Kazusato Ohshima; Roger A.C. Jones (2020). "The Potyviruses: An Evolutionary Synthesis Is Emerging". Viruses. 12 (2): 132. doi:10.3390/v12020132. PMC 7077269. PMID 31979056.

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[NCBI-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Adrian J. Gibbs; Mohammad Hajizadeh; Kazusato Ohshima; Roger A.C. Jones (2020). "The Potyviruses: An Evolutionary Synthesis Is Emerging". Viruses. 12 (2): 132. doi:10.3390/v12020132. PMC 7077269. PMID 31979056.

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