...-linked, endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) in gonadal tissue of the emu, chicken, and zebra finch (Peona et al. 2021).Avian s harbor comparatively few TEs (∼4%–10%, compared with up to 60% in other tetrapod vertebrates)
(Zhang et al. 2014; Gao et al. 2017; Sotero-Caio et al. 2017). However, the large clade of passerine...