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Table 1 Endogenous viral element copy numbers in avian genomes

From: Low frequency of paleoviral infiltration across the avian phylogeny

Species name

Hepadna-

Borna-

Circo-

Parvo-

Retroviral copy number

     

Total

Alpha-

Beta-

Gamma-

Epsilon-

Others a

Acanthisitta chloris

2

0

0

1

302

8

111

160

9

14

Anas platyrhynchos

4

0

0

0

281

7

54

186

17

17

Antrostomus carolinensis

2

0

0

0

246

15

76

119

16

20

Apaloderma vittatum

2

0

0

0

258

10

97

130

11

10

Aptenodytes forsteri

2

0

0

0

232

11

80

104

12

25

Balearica regulorum

2

0

0

0

244

13

65

113

23

30

Buceros rhinoceros

3

0

0

0

217

9

59

113

12

24

Calypte anna

3

4

0

0

424

27

181

157

17

42

Cariama cristata

3

0

0

0

315

13

78

176

20

28

Cathartes aura

2

0

0

0

199

11

33

115

11

29

Chaetura pelagica

2

1

0

0

383

15

113

213

13

29

Charadrius vociferus

1

0

0

0

467

25

161

221

18

42

Chlamydotis macqueenii

1

0

0

1

216

8

50

127

10

21

Columba livia

2

0

0

0

245

11

81

116

17

20

Colius striatus

1

0

0

0

237

9

94

110

7

17

Corvus brachyrhynchos

1

0

0

2

1,032

13

475

472

22

50

Cuculus canorus

2

0

0

0

191

11

73

95

2

10

Egretta garzetta

2

0

1

1

289

23

95

129

16

26

Eurypyga helias

2

0

0

0

288

6

104

147

12

19

Falco peregrinus

2

0

0

0

336

15

90

196

7

28

Fulmarus glacialis

2

0

0

0

245

10

65

121

11

38

Gallus gallus

0

0

0

0

573

21

146

228

54

124

Gavia stellata

4

0

0

0

207

12

37

125

12

21

Geospiza fortis

10

0

1

0

785

11

340

371

26

37

Haliaeetus albicilla

2

0

0

0

301

11

103

136

15

36

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

2

0

0

0

419

23

134

190

27

45

Leptosomus discolor

3

0

0

0

301

17

96

141

17

30

Manacus vitellinus

4

0

0

1

324

7

142

151

6

18

Meleagris gallopavo

0

0

0

0

303

7

73

140

21

62

Melopsittacus undulatus

38

0

0

0

485

27

117

284

26

31

Merops nubicus

2

0

0

0

418

11

149

191

31

36

Mesitornis unicolor

1

0

0

1

451

10

153

242

21

25

Nestor notabilis

5

0

1

0

223

8

65

116

20

14

Nipponia nippon

3

0

0

0

302

35

79

127

28

33

Opisthocomus hoazin

1

0

0

1

425

10

151

208

21

35

Pelecanus crispus

2

0

0

3

283

13

86

114

22

48

Phalacrocorax carbo

68

0

0

0

305

11

87

153

27

27

Phaethon lepturus

2

0

0

0

480

9

110

312

14

35

Phoenicopterus ruber

2

0

0

0

209

9

54

100

20

26

Picoides pubescens

2

1

0

0

502

9

164

278

20

31

Podiceps cristatus

3

0

0

0

366

7

123

187

23

26

Pterocles gutturalis

1

0

0

1

165

10

43

82

8

22

Pygoscelis adeliae

2

0

0

0

244

12

64

123

21

24

Struthio camelus

2

0

0

0

132

7

30

61

8

26

Taeniopygia guttata

13

0

0

1

725

19

302

322

34

48

Tauraco erythrolophus

1

0

0

0

397

5

168

198

5

21

Tinamus major

3

0

2

0

328

8

148

140

7

25

Tyto alba

5

0

0

0

477

10

169

244

16

38

  1. aRetroviral elements that matched the Retroviridae but not to a specific genus.