One hundred million years history of bornavirus infections hidden in vertebrate genomes

• Published in: bioRxiv
• Main Authors: Kawasaki, Junna, Kojima, Shohei, Mukai, Yahiro, Tomonaga, Keizo, Horie, Masayuki
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 06.12.2020; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• Edition: 1.2
• Subjects: Coexistence; Epidemics; Genomes; Geographical distribution; Infections; Microbiology; Phylogeny; Viral infections; Viruses

Abstract Although viruses have threatened our ancestors for millions of years, prehistoric epidemics of viruses are largely unknown. Endogenous bornavirus-like elements (EBLs) are ancient viral sequences that have been integrated into animal genomes. These elements can be used as molecular fossil re...