DNA 'Fossils' in Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles Reveal Deep Diversity of Retroviruses (IMAGE)

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DNA 'Fossils' in Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles Reveal Deep Diversity of Retroviruses

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Retroviruses, a broad category of viruses that infect humans and other vertebrates, have much greater diversity than previously thought, according to new research presented in PLOS Pathogens by Xiaoyu Xu and colleagues at Nanjing Normal University, China.

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Xu X, et al. (2018)

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