[ James A. Shapiro ] James A. Shapiro


Retroviral involvement in placenta evolution

 

(Sawyer, Nachlas et al. 1978; Panem 1979; Nelson, Levy et al. 1981; Jerabek, Mellors et al. 1984; Johnson, Lyden et al. 1990; Harris 1991; Boyd, Bax et al. 1993; Chang-Yeh, Mold et al. 1993; Lyden, Johnson et al. 1994; Blackburn 1995; Venables, Brookes et al. 1995; Villarreal 1997; Harris 1998; Langat, Johnson et al. 1998; Sichangi, Langat et al. 2002; Bonnaud, Bouton et al. 2004; Mallet, Bouton et al. 2004; Prudhomme, Oriol et al. 2004; Rote, Chakrabarti et al. 2004; Aagaard, Villesen et al. 2005; Dupressoir, Marceau et al. 2005; Arimi, Nyachieo et al. 2006; Dunlap, Palmarini et al. 2006; Fowden, Sibley et al. 2006; Huppertz, Bartz et al. 2006; Kriegs, Churakov et al. 2006; Hemberger 2007; Malassine, Blaise et al. 2007; Mess and Carter 2007; Esnault, Priet et al. 2008; Kjeldbjerg, Villesen et al. 2008; Opazo, Hoffmann et al. 2008; Rawn and Cross 2008; Renfree, Ager et al. 2008; Sekita, Wagatsuma et al. 2008; Asher, Bennett et al. 2009; Dupressoir, Vernochet et al. 2009; Gimenez, Montgiraud et al. 2009; Heidmann, Vernochet et al. 2009; Noorali, Rotar et al. 2009; Stoye 2009; Varela, Spencer et al. 2009; Bazer, Wu et al. 2010; Black, Arnaud et al. 2010; Kaneko-Ishino and Ishino 2010; Lynch, Leclerc et al. 2011)

 

 

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