Genomic vagabonds: Endogenous retroviruses and placental evolution (comment on DOI 10.1002/bies.201300059)

BioEssays

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 845-846

  Haig, David ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 84884714167     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201300099     Document Type: Article

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