The debt we owe to retroviruses
It was already known that genes inherited from ancient retroviruses are essential to the formation of the placenta in mammals. Now it appears that genes with retrovirus origins may also be responsible for the more developed muscle mass seen in males. Retroviruses carry proteins on their surface that are able to mediate fusion of their…See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca
The debt we owe to retroviruses
Source: Viral Bioinformatics
