Open AccessA Missing Link between Retrotransposons and Retroviruses
Author(s) -
Jianhua Wang,
GuanZhu Han
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
mbio
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2161-2129
pISSN - 2150-7511
DOI - 10.1128/mbio.00187-22
Subject(s) - retrotransposon , link (geometry) , computational biology , biology , virology , computer science , genetics , genome , transposable element , gene , computer network
The origin of retroviruses remains largely unclear. In this study, we discovered a novel retrotransposon lineage, Odin retrotransposons, within the genomes of sea anemones (order Actinaria).
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