Article
Further varieties of ancient endogenous retrovirus in human DNA
2024-12-13
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Summary</h4> A retrovirus inserts its genome into the DNA of a cell, occasionally a germ-line cell that gives rise to descendants of the host organism: it is then called an endogenous retrovirus (ERV). The human genome contains relics from many kinds of ancient ERV. Some relics contributed new genes and regulatory elements. This study finds further kinds of ancient ERV, in the thoroughly-studied human genome...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 9ff2d6ea-55d1-55c7-bc5c-a50fb91a4c74
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.12.11.627920
