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Allelic variation of HERV-K(HML-2) endogenous retroviral elements in human populations.

Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Nov 2004

Macfarlane Catriona, Simmonds Peter

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Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) are the remnants of ancient germ cell infection by exogenous retroviruses and occupy up to 8% of the human genome. It has been suggested that HERV sequences have contributed to primate evolution by regulating the expression of cellular genes and mediating chromosome rearrangements. After integration approximately 28 million years ago, members of the HERV-K (HML-2) family have...

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PMID: 15693620
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-2656-1

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