Does Dr. Andrew Fabich have the worst ERV argument?

[Mercer (John Mercer)]

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@Andrew_Christianson

It’s also inconsistent with observational science: we observe ERVs inserting their genes into host genomes today. Experimentally, if fixed , dormant ERVs are extracted from host genomes, they can still be infectious.

Hi Andrew
I think you may want to explore the fixation issue .

Hi Andrew,

I think that you might want to know that the conditional “can still be infectious” is unnecessary, because I’ve personally experimentally reverted an inactivating mutation in a mouse ERV, restoring infectivity, a mere 32 years ago:

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/JVI.64.5.2245-2249.1990

Hi Bill,

You might want to look at what real people really do, instead of producing more word salad.