iSpecies is a test of E O Wilson's idea of a web page for each species. The data displayed are generated "on the fly" by querying other data sources (learn how it works ). Send comments to r.page@bio.gla.ac.uk, or visit the iSpecies blog.
The Tospoviruses are a genus (Tospovirus) of negative RNA virus found within the Family (biology)|family Bunyaviridae. They are the sole group of plant infecting viruses in this family, as all other described members of the Bunyaviridae infect animals. (Check Ophiovirus and Tenuivirus ). The genus takes its name from the discovery of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV) in Australia in 1915. It remained the only member of the family until the early 1990s when genetic characterisation of viruses discovered in plants became more common. There are now at least twenty viral "species" in the family with more being recorded and...
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