Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are endogenous viral elements in the genome that closely resemble and can be derived from retroviruses. They are abundant in the genomes of jawed vertebrates and they occupy as much as 4.9% of the human genome. ERVs are a subclass of a type of gene called a transposon which is able to be packaged and moved within the...
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<virology> A retrovirus that has become dormant and exists as DNA copies in every cell in the body of its host and is passed down from generation to generation. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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Integrated retroviruses derived from infection of the germline (egg or sperm) of an ancestral organi
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