Orthologous endogenous retroviruses exhibit directional selection since the chimp-human split

Retrovirology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gemmell, Patrick ^a   Hein, Jotun ^a   Katzourakis, Aris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endogenous retrovirus (ERV); HERV H; Selection

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

APE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; DIRECTIONAL SELECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST; HUMAN; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIMATE; SELFISH DNA; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PAN TROGLODYTES; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS H; MAMMALIA; PAN; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC FITNESS; HUMANS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 84934915470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12977-015-0172-6     Document Type: Article

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