Evolutionary dynamics of cetacean ERVs.

• Main Authors: Jialu Zheng (1423381), Jianhua Wang (159545), Zhen Gong (292434), Guan-Zhu Han (155211)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Evolutionary Biology; Ecology; Infectious Diseases; Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; cetacean ERVs; macroevolutionary transition; 298 ERV lineages; 17 ERV lineages; cross-species transmission; synteny analyses support; retrovirus endogenization events; Orca
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009730.g005

( A ) Distribution of the genetic distance between 5’- and 3’ LTRs of complete ERVs in 315 cetacean ERV lineages. Blue and orange lines represent the distribution of the genetic distance between 5’- and 3’ LTRs of complete ERVs in the LTW and the SHS ERV lineages, respectively. The purple and green boxes represent 95% highest posterior distributions (HPD) of the genetic distance of introns between B . acutorostrata and H . amphibious (reflecting the divergence between cetaceans and hippopotamuses) and between B . acutorostrata and O . orca (reflecting the divergence between mysticetes and odontocetes) with dashed lines as the means. ( B ) Distribution of the genetic distance between 5’- and 3’- LTRs of complete ERVs in different cetacean ERV lineages under the SHS scenario. The purple and green boxes represent 95% HPD of the genetic distance of introns between B . acutorostrata and H . amphibious and between B . acutorostrata and O . orca , respectively, with dashed lines as the means.