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Table 2 Chimp-human orthologue family, by linkage. ERV family was assigned using the best matching viral pol probe (see Detecting ERVs in Methods)

From: Orthologous endogenous retroviruses exhibit directional selection since the chimp-human split

Family

Autosomal

X-linked

ERV-9

57

1

HERV-ADP

1

0

HERV-E

10

1

HERV-F type_b

2

0

HERV-H

58

6

HERV-I

23

0

HERV-K(HML2)

101

4

HERV-K(HML5)

11

1

HERV-K(HML6)

12

0

HERV-K(HML9)

1

0

HERV-L

1

0

HERV-P

2

0

HERV-R

5

0

HERV-T

4

0

HERV-U3

1

0

HERV-W

19

0

HERV-XA

1

0

RRHERV-I

6

1

Unclassified

6

1