Cross-Sectional Dating of Novel Haplotypes of HERV-K 113 and HERV-K 115 Indicate These Proviruses Originated in Africa before Homo sapiens - Jha, Aashish R.; Pillai, Satish K.; York, Vanessa A.; Sharp, Elizabeth R.; Storm, Emily C.; Wachter, Douglas J.; Martin, Jeffrey N.; Deeks, Steven G.; Rosenberg, Michael G.; Nixon, Douglas F.; Garrison, Keith E. (Molecular biology and evolution, 2009)
Keywords: Africa; African Americans; Comparative analysis; Endogenous retroviruses; Endogenous Retroviruses - classification; Endogenous Retroviruses - genetics; Evolution, Molecular; Genes; Genetic distance; Genetic research; Genome, Viral - genetics; Genomics; Geographical distribution; Haplotypes; Haplotypes - genetics; Hominids; Homo sapiens; Humans; Insertion; Minority & ethnic groups; Mutagenesis, Insertional - genetics; Nucleotides; Polymorphism; Population studies; Proviruses; Single-nucleotide polymorphism; Viruses; White people; Africa; United States--US; hervotype; haplotype; HERV-K113 and HERV-K115; human evolution; insertion frequencies