De-novo emergence and template switching of SINE retroposons during the early evolution of passerine birds
A. Suh, S. Bachg, S. Donnellan, L. Joseph, J. Brosius, J. O. Kriegs, J. Schmitz
This study uses SINE retroposon presence/absence patterns to resolve passerine bird phylogeny, finding SINE activity in their common ancestor and recent activity in suboscines via template switching.
bioRxiv · Oct 19, 2016Evolutionary Biology