provirome

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noun

The genomes of all the proviruses that inhabit a particular organism or environment

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounprovirome (plural proviromes)

plural proviromes

  1. The genomes of all the proviruses that inhabit a particular organism or environment

    This study clearly demonstrates the novel information that may be obtained from the fecal virome and provirome of ancient organisms through the use of a shotgun sequencing analysis as opposed to selective gene-screening methods.

    2015 December 15, “Retroviral DNA Sequences as a Means for Determining Ancient Diets”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

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