The evolutionary interplay between exogenous and endogenous sheep betaretroviruses
Retroviruses must integrate their genome into the host DNA as a necessary step of their replication cycle. Normally, retroviruses integrate into somatic cells and are transmitted, from infected to uninfected hosts, as “exogenous” retroviruses. On rare occasions, they can infect germ line cells and b...
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University of Glasgow
2012
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.548960 |