An infectious gibbon ape leukemia virus found to be colonizing a rodent's genome in New Guinea

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Feb 5, 2024, 9:34 am198 pts
A research team has caught a glimpse of a rare case of retrovirus integration. Retroviruses are viruses that multiply by incorporating their genes into the genome of a host cell. If the infected cell is a germ cell, the retrovirus can then be passed on to the next generation as an "endogenous" retrovirus (ERV)…

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