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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 30.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Genet. 2014;87:125–197. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800149-3.00003-2

Figure 3.2.

Figure 3.2

Retroviridae family comprises seven major genera: alpha-retroviruses (prototype ALSV), beta-retrovirus (prototype MMTV), delta-retrovirus (prototype HTLV-I, HTLV-II), gamma-retrovirus (prototype MLV), epsilon-retrovirus (prototype WDSV), lentiretroviruses (prototype HIV-1), and spumaviruses (prototype SFV). Notable characteristics of the viruses are included.