Gene conversion and purifying selection of a placenta-specific ERV-V envelope gene during simian evolution
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Most human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) invaded our genome at least 25 million years ago. The majority of the viral genes are degenerated, since no selection preserves them within the genome. However, a few intact and very old HER...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-09-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/266 |