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| Title |
The discovery of endogenous retroviruses
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Retrovirology, October 2006
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| DOI | 10.1186/1742-4690-3-67 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Robin A Weiss |
| Abstract |
When endogenous retroviruses (ERV) were discovered in the late 1960s, the Mendelian inheritance of retroviral genomes by their hosts was an entirely new concept. Indeed Howard M Temin's DNA provirus hypothesis enunciated in 1964 was not generally accepted, and reverse transcriptase was yet to be discovered. Nonetheless, the evidence that we accrued in the pre-molecular era has stood the test of time, and our hypothesis on ERV, which one reviewer described as 'impossible', proved to be correct. Here I recount some of the key observations in birds and mammals that led to the discovery of ERV, and comment on their evolution, cross-species dispersion, and what remains to be elucidated. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 19 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 32% |
| France | 1 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 10 | 53% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 15 | 79% |
| Scientists | 2 | 11% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 5% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 475 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 1% |
| Brazil | 4 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 450 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 110 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 86 | 18% |
| Researcher | 68 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 62 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 22 | 5% |
| Other | 61 | 13% |
| Unknown | 66 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 193 | 41% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 95 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 31 | 7% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 31 | 7% |
| Chemistry | 13 | 3% |
| Other | 40 | 8% |
| Unknown | 72 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 72. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 September 2023.
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