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SUBMITTER: Cornelis G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5754801 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cornelis Guillaume G Funk Mathis M Vernochet Cécile C Leal Francisca F Tarazona Oscar Alejandro OA Meurice Guillaume G Heidmann Odile O Dupressoir Anne A Miralles Aurélien A Ramirez-Pinilla Martha Patricia MP Heidmann Thierry T
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20171121 51
Syncytins are envelope genes from endogenous retroviruses that have been captured during evolution for a function in placentation. They have been found in all placental mammals in which they have been searched, including marsupials. Placental structures are not restricted to mammals but also emerged in some other vertebrates, most frequently in lizards, such as the viviparous <i>Mabuya</i> Scincidae. Here, we performed high-throughput RNA sequencing of a <i>Mabuya</i> placenta transcriptome and ...[more]