GenomicsMolecular Biology and EvolutionPeer-reviewed
Dynamic evolution of retroviral envelope genes in egg-laying mammalian genomes
K. Kitao, Hiyori Shoji, Takayuki Miyazawa, So Nakagawa
The paper identifies and characterizes env-ORFs in monotreme genomes, showing that fusogenic retroviral genes exist in egg-laying mammals, not just placental ones.
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