Open AccessThe Extraordinary Evolutionary History of the Reticuloendotheliosis Viruses
Author(s) -
Anna Maria Niewiadomska,
Robert J. Gifford
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001642
Subject(s) - biology , genome , virology , phylogenetic tree , endogenous retrovirus , reticuloendotheliosis virus , viral evolution , genetics , horizontal gene transfer , evolutionary biology , phylogenetics , virus , gene
Reticuloendotheliosis viruses are mammalian retroviruses that were transmitted to avian hosts through inadvertent human intervention, and subsequently integrated their genetic material into the genomes of large DNA viruses, generating novel recombinant pathogens that now circulate naturally in poultry and wild birds.
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