Genome stability is in the eye of the beholder: recent retrotransposon activity varies significantly across avian diversity
J. D. Galbraith, R. D. Kortschak, A. Suh, D. L. Adelson
This study examines CR1 retrotransposon activity across avian species, finding significant variation in TE expansion rates among orders and clades, challenging the notion of low TE activity in birds.
bioRxiv · Apr 13, 2021Evolutionary Biology