Eugene Sverdlov
Institute of Molecular Genetics-Moscow

Table of Contents

Introduction: glance at evolution through genomic window
Eugene D. Sverdlov

Evolution of primates
G. Hunsmann and Hans Zischler

Complex Genome Comparisons: Problems and Approaches
Natalia E. Broude and Eugene D. Sverdlov

How different is the human genome from the genomes of the great apes ?
E. Sverdlov

Evolution of retroelements
Brosius J

Genomic distributions of human retroelements
Dixie Mager and Patrik Medstrand

Newly discovered human retroviruses.
Blomberg J

Influence of HERVs on cellular gene expression
Leib-Mosch C.

Genome-wide search for human specific retroelements
Yuri Lebedev

Genome wide analysis of human gene expression: application to the expression of human endogenous retroviruses
Tatyana Vinogradova

Phylogeny of human/primate endogenous and exogenous retroviruses
Michael Tristem

Involvement of HERVs in pathology
R. Loewer, I. Loewer

Evolution of resistance to retroviruses. Impact on organismal evolution
J. Svoboda

Conclusion: Prospects of understanding the links between genome and phenotype evolution
E. Sverdlov