Multiple choice

Biologically, chimpanzees are more closely related to humans than they are to gorillas. Which among the following viruses have been involved in the process of speciation, making the chimpanzee and human lines diverge?

  1. Feline leukemia virus

  2. Lentiviruses

  3. Pan Troglodytes Endogenous Retrovirus - 1

  4. Spumaviruses

  5. Retrovirus
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Explanation

Pan Troglodytes Endogenous Retrovirus-1 is a retrovirus that putatively infected the chimpanzees about 4 million years ago and may have been involved in the process of speciation, making the chimpanzee and human lines diverge.

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