Retroviruses facilitate the rapid evolution of the mammalian placenta

BioEssays

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 853-861

  Chuong, Edward B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Co option; Conflict; Endogenous retroviruses; Evolution; Evolvability; Placenta; Regulatory evolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS GENE;

MAMMALIA;

CO-OPTION; CONFLICT; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; EVOLUTION; EVOLVABILITY; PLACENTA; REGULATORY EVOLUTION;

ANIMALS; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MUTATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84884720095     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201300059     Document Type: Article

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