Retroviral Recombination and Genetic Diversity
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Viruses".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 205
Special Issue Editor
Interests: virus evolution; endogenous retroviruses; virome; evolutionary virology; genomic epidemiology
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Dear Colleagues,
Retroviruses are enveloped RNA viruses and have great genetic diversity and broad spectrum of hosts. Many retroviruses are associated with diseases such as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and cancer. The high rate of recombination in retroviruses occurs during reverse transcription, and such reshuffling leads to new combinations. Their endogenous forms—endogenous retroviruses (ERVs)—are considered to be fossils of extant retroviruses and also have been associated with certain human diseases such as multiple sclerosis and cancer.
In this Special Issue of Viruses, we will collect retrovirus-related articles/reviews in the fields of evolutionary biology, virology, and epidemiology, discuss the latest research innovations, and jointly contribute to the popularization of retroviral recombination and genetic diversity research.
Prof. Dr. Jie Cui
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- retroviruses
- endogenous retroviruses
- evolution
- recombination
- genetic diversity
- infection and diseases
