Origin and recent expansion of an endogenous gammaretroviral lineage in domestic and wild canids

Origin and recent expansion of an endogenous gammaretroviral lineage in domestic and wild canids

Abstract Background Vertebrate genomes contain a record of retroviruses that invaded the germlines of ancestral hosts and are passed to offspring as endogenous retroviruses (ERVs). ERVs can impact host function since they contain the necessary sequences for expression within the host. Dogs are an im...

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Main Authors: Julia V. Halo, Amanda L. Pendleton, Abigail S. Jarosz, Robert J. Gifford, Malika L. Day, Jeffrey M. Kidd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:Retrovirology
Subjects:
Canine
Retrovirus
Endogenous retrovirus
Insertional polymorphism
Canidae
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12977-019-0468-z

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