HERV-W group evolutionary history in non-human primates: characterization of ERV-W orthologs in Catarrhini and related ERV groups in Platyrrhini

HERV-W group evolutionary history in non-human primates: characterization of ERV-W orthologs in Catarrhini and related ERV groups in Platyrrhini

Abstract Background The genomes of all vertebrates harbor remnants of ancient retroviral infections, having affected the germ line cells during the last 100 million years. These sequences, named Endogenous Retroviruses (ERVs), have been transmitted to the offspring in a Mendelian way, being relative...

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Main Authors: Nicole Grandi, Marta Cadeddu, Jonas Blomberg, Jens Mayer, Enzo Tramontano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Comparative genomics
Endogenous retroviruses
HERV-W
Syncytin
ERV1–1
Viral evolution
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1125-1

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