Table 1 General HERV identification and preliminary classification in GRCh37/hg19 by ReTe
From: Classification and characterization of human endogenous retroviruses; mosaic forms are common
Probable genus | Type species | HERV genus | Nr of total sequences | Nr of clades |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gammaretrovirus and Epsilonretrovirus | Murine leukemia virus (MLV) Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) Walleye dermal sarcoma virus (WDSV) | Class I (gamma-like, epsilon-like) | 2341 | Canonical 27, noncanonical 25, total 52 |
Betaretrovirus | Mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) Mason-Pfizer monkey virus (MPMV) Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV) | Class II (beta-like) | 598 | Canonical 10, noncanonical 0, total 10 |
Spumaretrovirus | Simian foamy virus (SFV) | Class III (spuma-like), including MaLR (i.e. MST-MLT-THE) | 216 | Canonical 2, noncanonical 5, total 7 |
Errantivirus | Gypsy retrovirus | Uncertain_Errantilike | 2 | Canonical 0, noncanonical 1, total 1 |
Unclassifiable | 16 | |||
Total | 3173 | 39 canonical clades 31 noncanonical clades |