Contribution of captured retroviral envelope genes, the "synctins" to the formation of the mouse placenta

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• A pair of co-opted retroviral envelope syncytin genes is required for formation of the two-layered murine placental syncytiotrophoblast
  gan: Dupressoir, Anne, et al.
  Cyhoeddwyd: (2011)
• The syncytin-A envelope gene of retroviral origin is essential for mouse placental development
  gan: Dupressoir, Anne, et al.
  Cyhoeddwyd: (2009)
• Identification of an endogenous retroviral envelope gene with fusogenic activity and placenta-specific expression in the rabbit: a new "syncytin" in a third order of mammals
  gan: Heidmann, Odile, et al.
  Cyhoeddwyd: (2009)
• Retroviral envelope gene captures and syncytin exaptation for placentation in marsupials
  gan: Cornelis, Guillaume, et al.
  Cyhoeddwyd: (2015)
• Retroviral envelope syncytin capture in an ancestrally diverged mammalian clade for placentation in the primitive Afrotherian tenrecs
  gan: Cornelis, Guillaume, et al.
  Cyhoeddwyd: (2014)