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Distribution of endogenous type B and type D sheep retrovirus sequences in ungulates and other mammals.
16 Apr 1996
Abstract excerpt
The jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV), which appears to be a type B/D retrovirus chimera, has been incriminated as the cause of ovine pulmonary carcinoma. Recent studies suggest that the sequences related to this virus are found in the genomes of normal sheep and goats. To learn whether there are breeds of sheep that lack the endogenous viral sequences and to study their distribution among other groups of...
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