Second Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8kDzftu2w4

The script for this video is an article I wrote for my website:
ERVs: http://www.evolutionarymodel.com/ervs.htm
Homepage: http://evolutionarymodel.com/

Series References:

Download zipped folder of PDFs: http://www.mediafire.com/file/eutzygv5okt/erv_refs.zip

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http://www.pnas.org/content/96/18/10254.full

Lebedev, Y. B., O. S. Belonovitch, N. V. Zybrova, P. P. Khil, S. G. Kurdyukov, T. V. Vinogradova, G. Hunsmann, and E. D. Sverdlov. "Differences in HERV-K LTR insertions in orthologous loci of humans and great apes." Gene 247.1-2 (2000): 265-77.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10773466?dopt=Abstract

Mitchell, R. S., B. F. Beitzel, A. R. Schroder, P. Shinn, H. Chen, C. C. Berry, J. R. Ecker, and F. D. Bushman. "Retroviral DNA integration: ASLV, HIV, and MLV show distinct target site preferences." PLoS Biology 2.E234 (2004).
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=...

Polavarapu, N., N. J. Bowen, and J. F. McDonald. "Identification, characterization and comparative genomics of chimpanzee endogenous retroviruses." Genome Biology 7.R51 (2006).
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid...

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http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/full/276/1/114

Steinhuber, S., M. Brack, G. Hunsmann, H. Schwelberger, M. P. Dierich, and W. Vogetseder. "Distribution of human endogenous retrovirus HERV-K genomes in humans and different primates." Human Genetics 96.2 (1995): 188-92.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7635468

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