Open AccessA Missing Link between Retrotransposons and Retroviruses
Author(s) -
Jianhua Wang,
Guan-Zhu 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 , biology , reverse transcriptase , genome , phylogenetic tree , genetics , rnase h , lineage (genetic) , primer binding site , gene , evolutionary biology , rna , transposable element
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).