Endogenous retroviruses of sheep: A model system for understanding physiological adaptation to an evolving ruminant genome

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-37

  Spencer, Thomas E ^a   Palmarini, Massimo ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endogenous; Placenta; Retrovirus; Sheep; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAAGSIEKTE SHEEP RETROVIRUS; LUNG TUMOR; PATHOGENICITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; REVIEW; SHEEP; VIROLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENOME; JAAGSIEKTE SHEEP RETROVIRUS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SHEEP; VIRUS REPLICATION;

JAAGSIEKTE SHEEP RETROVIRUS; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84859138863     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2011-026     Document Type: Review

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