Most HERVs are defective and are incapable of proper replication. This work is funded by the Royal Society. Mosquito retrotransposons . We are examining the diversity of retroelements within members of the Culicidae with the intention to determining if the elements can themselves be used as clade markers for their host species. This is a NERC funded project in collaboration with Professor Bob Sinden and Dr. James Cook.
Colours represent the host class from which the virus was isolated.
J. Virol . Interclass transmission and phyletic host tracking in the murine leukaemia-related retroviruses. Sines of the Times.