Rous sarcoma virus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
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Proper noun edit
- A taxonomic species within the family Orthoretroviridae – the first virus shown to cause a cancer (in chickens).
Hypernyms edit
- (species): Ortervirales - order; Orthoretroviridae - family; Orthoretrovirinae - subfamily; Alpharetrovirus - genus
References edit
Rous sarcoma virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Rous sarcoma virus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Rous sarcoma virus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English edit
Etymology edit
It was discovered in 1911 by Peyton Rous.
Noun edit
Rous sarcoma virus (uncountable)
- A retrovirus that causes sarcoma in chickens.