Origin and recent expansion of an endogenous gammaretroviral lineage in domestic and wild canids
Abstract Background Vertebrate genomes contain a record of retroviruses that invaded the germlines of ancestral hosts and are passed to offspring as endogenous retroviruses (ERVs). ERVs can impact host function since they contain the necessary sequences for expression within the host. Dogs are an im...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-03-01
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Series: | Retrovirology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12977-019-0468-z |