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Rous Sarcoma Virus
Definition 1
A species of single-stranded, reverse-transcribing RNA retrovirus of the genus alpharetrovirus and the family retroviridae. It is the first oncovirus described in the literature and was found to cause sarcoma in chickens. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
produces fibrosarcomas in fowl, especially chickens; some strains may produce tumors in other animals. (NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
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