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Endogenous retroviruses of the chicken genome

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Title
Endogenous retroviruses of the chicken genome
Published in
Biology Direct, March 2008
DOI 10.1186/1745-6150-3-9
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Authors

Ahsan Huda, Nalini Polavarapu, I King Jordan, John F McDonald

Abstract

We analyzed the chicken (Gallus gallus) genome sequence to search for previously uncharacterized endogenous retrovirus (ERV) sequences using ab initio and combined evidence approaches. We discovered 11 novel families of ERVs that occupy more than 21 million base pairs, approximately 2%, of the chicken genome. These novel families include a number of recently active full-length elements possessing identical long terminal repeats (LTRs) as well as intact gag and pol open reading frames. The abundance and diversity of chicken ERVs we discovered underscore the utility of an approach that combines multiple methods for the identification of interspersed repeats in vertebrate genomes.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 3 5%
Germany 1 2%
France 1 2%
Brazil 1 2%
South Africa 1 2%
Canada 1 2%
New Zealand 1 2%
Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 2%
Denmark 1 2%
Other 2 3%
Unknown 46 78%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 18 31%
Student > Ph. D. Student 18 31%
Student > Bachelor 5 8%
Student > Master 5 8%
Professor > Associate Professor 3 5%
Other 6 10%
Unknown 4 7%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 30 51%
Computer Science 11 19%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 15%
Engineering 2 3%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 3%
Other 1 2%
Unknown 4 7%