Wild science fact of the day: jawed vertebrates have tons of absorbed viral DNA ("endogenous retroviruses"). Their uses go beyond the immune system; one group of them (HERV-H) is vital to human stem cell identity. See: https://t.co/Z4JDa3AJQN
RT @paleovirology1: The Exaptation of HERV-H: Evolutionary Analyses Reveal the Genomic Features of Highly Transcribed Elements. https://t.c…
The Exaptation of HERV-H: Evolutionary Analyses Reveal the Genomic Features of Highly Transcribed Elements. https://t.co/NbC1D0P7jm
The Exaptation of HERV-H: Evolutionary Analyses Reveal the Genomic Features of Highly Transcribed Elements https://t.co/UqymUOtflN #immunology