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Spread of endogenous retrovirus K is similar in the DNA of humans and rhesus monkeys

10-09-2007 · EurekAlert!

Research by Romano and colleagues, studying the population dynamics of complete copies of primate endogenous retrovirus family K in the genomes of humans, chimpanzee and rhesus monkey, revealed a surprising pattern. The paper, published on Oct. 10 in PLoS ONE, shows that human ERV-K had a similar demographic signature to that of the rhesus monkey, both differing greatly from that of the chimpanzee.

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