2016/01/01 by Luis P. Villarreal · 25 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Medicine · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Animal Virus Infections Studies #Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies #Virus-based gene therapy research #Virus #Biology #Host (biology) #Persistence (discontinuity) #Virology #Placenta #Genetics #Pregnancy #Fetus
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/apm.12485
published in Apmis 124(1-2), 20-30 (Wiley)
openalex publication_date 2016/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15
A virus first perspective is presented as an alternative hypothesis to explain the role of various endogenized retroviruses in the origin of the mammalian placenta. It is argued that virus-host persistence is a key determinant of host survival and the various ERVs involved have directly affected virus-host persistence.