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Expansion of a novel endogenous retrovirus throughout the pericentromeres of modern humans
BACKGROUND: Approximately 8% of the human genome consists of sequences of retroviral origin, a result of ancestral infections of the germ line over millions of years of evolution. The most recent of these infections is attributed to members of the human endogenous retrovirus type-K (HERV-K) (HML-2)...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4425911/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25886262 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-015-0641-1 |