Table 1. Properties of members of five DNA transposon superfamilies from bdelloid rotifers.
| Superfamily/family | TE family | Identified in | TSD | TIR/mismatch | Length | ORF/intact | Top blastp hit (% identity/% similarity) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITm/mariner | Avmar 1 | PCR, UFW | TA | 38/2 (44/5) | 1,242 bp | 345 aa/yes | Cemar1T (C. Telegans) (61/77) |
| ITm/DD37 (mori) | PrD37D1 | Cosmids T1, T2 | TA | 223/0 (235/3) | 1,753 bp | 341 aa/* | Cemar6 (C. elegans) (32/54) |
| ITm/DD37E | PrD37E | Cosmid T1 | TA | 32/0 | 1,329 bp | 351 aa/# | ITmD37E1 (A. gambiae) (31/51) |
| foldback | PrFT1 | Cosmid T1 | 9 bp | 153/5 | 382 bp | NA | NA |
| PrFT2 | Cosmid G1 | 9 bp | 83/5 | 521 bp | NA | NA | |
| hAT | PrTip1 | Cosmid T2 | – | 16/2 plus G15 | 3,483 bp | 833 aa/* | Tip100 (I. purpurea) (28/47) |
| piggyBac | AvPB1 | UFW | TTAA | 13 | 2,577 bp | 499 aa/## | Yabusame1 (B. mori) (33/52) |
| AvPB2 | TIR-PCR | TTAA | 13 | 2,340 bp | 559 aa/#** | Yabusame1 (B. mori) (36/54) | |
| Helitron | Pr,AvHeli | Cosmid T1, UFW | – | NA | 5.4 kb | 1,281 aa/4# | Helitron (A. gambiae) (36/48) |
NA, not applicable; * and # denote in-frame stop codons and frameshifts, respectively.