ssRNA -ve viruses: segmented vs unsegmented

IAN DWORKIN idworkin at ivory.trentu.ca
Mon Nov 6 13:19:56 EST 1995


 I am doing some research on  filoviruses and mononegaviridae in general, I have come across the term segmented vs unsegmented , however my virology text has n defn for it and have not found any clear meaning for the term segmented. I am guessing that segmented may be for viruses without overlapping genes and unsegmented have overlapping genes but if anyone in virology land can help me by giving me a definition and some examples I would be very happy.
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thanks in advance
Ian



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