Publications

The findings of DIGS-for-EVEs have been reported in the following open access publications:

Blanco-Melo, D., et al. (2024). A novel approach to exploring the dark genome and its application to mapping of the vertebrate virus fossil record. Genome Biology, 25, Article number: 120.

Bravo A, et al. (2023). Antiviral ectivity of an endogenous parvoviral element. Viruses, 2023 Jun 23;15(7):1420.

Campbell, M.A., et al. (2022). Comparative analysis reveals the long-term coevolutionary history of parvoviruses and vertebrates. PLoS Biol, 20(11): p. e3001867.

Bamford, C.G.G., et al. (2022). Comparative analysis of genome-encoded viral sequences reveals the evolutionary history of flavivirids (family Flaviviridae). Virus Evol, 8(2): p. veac085.

Lytras, S., G. Arriagada, and R.J. Gifford. (2021). Ancient evolution of hepadnaviral paleoviruses and their impact on host genomes. Virus Evol, 7(1): p. veab012.

Hildebrandt, E., et al. (2020). Evolution of dependoparvoviruses across geological timescales-implications for design of AAV-based gene therapy vectors. Virus Evol 6(2): p. veaa043.

Dennis, T.P.W., et al. (2019). The evolution, distribution and diversity of endogenous circoviral elements in vertebrate genomes. Virus Res, 262: p. 15-23.

Callaway HM, et al. (2019). Examination and reconstruction of three ancient endogenous parvovirus capsid protein gene remnants found in rodent genomes. J Virol Mar 5;93(6).

Pénzes, J.J., et al. (2019). An ancient lineage of highly divergent parvoviruses infects both vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. Viruses, 2019. 11(6).

Valencia-Herrera, I., et al. (2019). Molecular properties and evolutionary origins of a parvovirus-derived myosin fusion gene in Guinea pigs. J Virol 93(17).

Dennis, T.P.W., et al. (2018). Insights into circovirus host range from the genomic fossil record. J Virol, 92(16). https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00145-18

Pénzes, J.J., et al. (2018). Endogenous amdoparvovirus-related elements reveal insights into the biology and evolution of vertebrate parvoviruses. Virus Evol, 4(2): p. vey026. https://doi.org/10.1093/ve/vey026

Blanco-Melo, D., R.J. Gifford, and P.D. Bieniasz (2018). Reconstruction of a replication-competent ancestral murine endogenous retrovirus-L. Retrovirology, 15(1): p. 34.

Souza, W.M., et al. (2017). Chapparvoviruses occur in at least three vertebrate classes and have a broad biogeographic distribution. J Gen Virol, 98(2): p. 225-229.

Blanco-Melo, D., R.J. Gifford, and P.D. Bieniasz (2017). Co-option of an endogenous retrovirus envelope for host defense in hominid ancestors. Elife, 6.

Ng, M., et al. (2015). Filovirus receptor NPC1 contributes to species-specific patterns of ebolavirus susceptibility in bats. Elife, 4.

Arriagada, G., and R.J. Gifford (2014). Parvovirus-derived endogenous viral elements in two South American rodent genomes. J Virol Oct;88(20):12158-62

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