Table 2.
Percentage of each genome spanned by different classes of repeats. Estimates of each class of repeat region identified within RepeatMasker using the sparrow TE libraries generated de novo with RepeatModeler2
| Element class: | Savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) | Bell's sparrow (Artemisiospiza belli) | Song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) | Swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) | Nelson's sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni) | Saltmarsh sparrow (Ammospiza caudacuta) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINE | 4.41 | 7.8 | 14.58 | 5.37 | 5.63 | 6.75 |
| SINE | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| LTR | 7.28 | 21.21 | 8.22 | 8.25 | 7.72 | 7.06 |
| DNA transposons | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.1 |
| Rolling-circles | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.05 |
| Unclassified | 4.66 | 2.01 | 6.56 | 4.51 | 5.81 | 8.40 |
| Total interspersed repeats: | 16.49 | 31.16 | 29.49 | 18.26 | 19.29 | 22.35 |
| Autosomal chromosomes: | 16.17 | 30.91 | 28.84 | 15.85 | 16.11 | 19.48 |
| Z chromosome: | 20.72 | 23.75 | 25.28 | 22.40 | 26.42 | 26.46 |
| W chromosome: | NA | 82.59 | 91.03 | 93.73 | 79.23 | NA |
| Other repeat regions: | ||||||
| Small RNA | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
| Satellites | 0.33 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.22 | 0.25 |
| Simple repeats | 1.35 | 1.11 | 1.05 | 1.25 | 1.19 | 1.21 |
| Low complexity | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.23 | 0.28 | 0.32 |