Endogenous retroviruses: acquisition, amplification and taming of genome invaders.

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Summary

Endogenous retroviruses were initially identified as degenerate remnants of past infections, but new models of very recent or ongoing endogenisation are now emerging, allowing the real time investigation of the first steps of the coexistence between these elements and their host.

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review
Published
2013-12-01
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Keywords

Biology, Endogenous retrovirus, Germline, Genome, Domestication

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