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Exploring the effects of immunity and life history on the dynamics of an endogenous retrovirus.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 19 Sept 2013
Kanda R K, Tristem M, Coulson T
Abstract excerpt
Mammalian DNA is littered with the signatures of past retroviral infections. For example, at least 8% of the human genome can be attributed to endogenous retroviruses (ERVs). We take a single-locus approach to develop a simple susceptible-infected-recovered model to investigate the circumstances...
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