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Life History of the Oldest Lentivirus: Characterization of ELVgv Integrations in the Dermopteran Genome
9 Aug 2016
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Endogenous retroviruses are genomic elements formed by germline infiltration by originally exogenous viruses. These molecular fossils provide valuable information about the evolution of the retroviral family. Lentiviruses are an extensively studied genus of retroviruses infecting a broad range of mammals. Despite a wealth of information on their modern evolution, little is known about their origins. This is...
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