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Avian germline-restricted chromosomes are reservoirs for active long-terminal-repeat retroviruses

2025-07-02

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Germline-restricted chromosomes (GRCs) are unique to germ cells and absent from somatic cells in songbirds. However, their contents, functions, and evolutionary mechanisms remain unclear. We performed comparative genomics on long-read assembled GRCs from male House Finch ( Haemorhous mexicanus ), Common Rosefinch ( Carpodacus erythrinus ), and Blue Tit ( Cyanistes caeruleus ), the first two of which are newly p...

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Literature Corpus work: 6efdb572-b109-5e38-8e1d-6e60a8ac8c8b
DOI: 10.1101/2025.06.27.662071

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