Retroviruses push the envelope for mammalian placentation
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Retroviruses push the envelope for mammalian placentation.
R etroviruses have had a tremendous, recurring impact on animal genomes. At least eight percent of the human genome is comprised of retroviruses at various stages of “fossilization” (1). These elements represent retroviruses that have directly infected genomes of germline tissues such that their imprints can now be passed on with the rest of the genome. Most insertions into host genomes are lik...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1121365109