Tag: Endogenous retroviruses
Junk No Longer: ERVs Are “Integral” and “Important Components” of Immune Responses
It’s another example of a paper that sounds like it could have been written by a proponent of intelligent design.
The Molecular Biology of Coronaviruses — Livestream Presentation Thursday
I will discuss the distinctive aspects of coronaviruses specifically, and review the outbreaks that have been caused by this family of viruses.
Waste Not: Research Finds that “Far from Junk DNA,” ERVs Perform “Critical Cellular Functions”
A pair of new articles in Nature Genetics acknowledge just how widespread ERV and retrotransposon functionality is.
Population Genetics: What It Is and Why It Matters
Some have claimed that for humans the coalescence to one (or first coalescent) does not happen for well over a million years back in time, calling into question the idea of a single-couple human origin.
Toppling Another Evolutionary Icon, ENCODE Data Suggests Endogenous Retroviruses Are Functional
ERVs are a favorite with Darwin defenders, claimed as a support for common descent.