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Our subsequent identification of ubiquitous rhabdoviral elements in infected and healthy alfalfa tissues by high-throughput sequencing suggested that the alfalfa genome might be populated with integrated rhabdoviruses as well. Bioinformatics analysis using 26 publicly available alfalfa genomes proved the suggestion accurate. We found multiple nonretroviral segments of the\n                    <jats:italic>Rhabdoviridae<\/jats:italic>\n                    family belonging to the genera\n                    <jats:italic>Betanucleorhabdovirus<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Betacytorhabdovirus<\/jats:italic>\n                    that appeared to be stable constituents of the host genome. In that capacity, they could potentially acquire functional roles in alfalfa development and response to environmental stresses. 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