Spatiotemporal variations in retrovirus-host interactions among Darwin’s finches

Jason Hill; Mette Lillie; Mats E. Pettersson; Carl-Johan Rubin; B. Rosemary Grant; Peter R. Grant; Leif Andersson; Patric Jern

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33723-w

Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Spatiotemporal variations in retrovirus-host interactions among Darwin’s finches

Jason Hill,
Mette Lillie,
Mats E. Pettersson,
Carl-Johan Rubin,
B. Rosemary Grant,
Peter R. Grant,
Leif Andersson,
Patric Jern

Affiliations

Jason Hill: Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University
Mette Lillie: Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University
Mats E. Pettersson: Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University
Carl-Johan Rubin: Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University
B. Rosemary Grant: Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
Peter R. Grant: Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
Leif Andersson: Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University
Patric Jern: Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33723-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Endogenous retroviruses (ERV) are inherited remains of retroviruses that have colonized host genomes during evolution. Here the authors observe considerable species-specific ERV variation among Darwin’s finches, reflecting historic retrovirus-host interactions.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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