Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
De-novo emergence and template switching of SINE retroposons during the early evolution of passerine birds
A. Suh, S. Bachg, S. Donnellan…·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.
DOI 10.1186/s13100-017-0104-1