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- noun Plural form of
ERV .
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Examples
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Did Jesus have 23 male chromosomes poofed in and if he did, did they have characteristic signatures of past historical events, such as ERVs that we all share even beyond our species?
Christology and the Brain of Jesus James F. McGrath 2008
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ERVs appear to serve a number of functions; in humans,
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This however does not necessarily stop an exchange of genomic information as seen in ring species or laterally through ERVs.
Blast From the Past 2010
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Put together an artificial genome consisting of all the LINES, SINES, ERVs, ALU sequences, introns, etc, from some eukaryotic species.
CellCraft, a subversive little game - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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The molecular clock on the shared ERVs works out to about 5-8 million years.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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We can see how ERVs insert into genomes, we can see how those viral sequences get passed on to cells during mitosis.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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"Since the point of insertion is controlled by chance and local chemistry, the odds of seven distinct ERVs each inserting in the same exact respective places in both genomes, each genome being several billion base pairs long, and each of the seven inserting hundreds of times, is significantly greater than the chance of winning the lottery 25 consecutive times in a row ..."
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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In addition to ERVs, we also share broader genetic markers that have no function as far as we can tell called LINEs and SINEs.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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ERVs aren't just evidence folks, they're more than a smoking gun; ERVs are a high quality video surveillance tape of common descent pulling the trigger.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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These preserved viral scraps are called Endogenous Retro-viruses or ERVs for short.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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