Table 5.
L1 insertions into annotated genes
| L1 genome location compared to genes* | mRNA | CDS |
| Fully contained in genes | 17% | 13% |
| Same orientation | 38% | 38% |
| Average L1 length within gene annotation (nucleotides) | 1,470 | 1,490 |
| Opposite orientation | 62% | 62% |
| Average L1 length within gene annotation (nucleotides) | 1,815 | 1,780 |
| Average distance from an L1 to a gene (kb) | 282 | 283 |
| Minimum distance 9 nucleotides | ||
| Maximum distance 3,840 kb | ||
| Same orientation as nearest gene | 49% | 49% |
| Opposite orientation as nearest gene | 51% | 51% |
| Annotated genes with L1s within boundaries | ||
| Total number of genes with L1s | 2,864 | 2,352 |
| Average genome extent (kb) | 161 | 141 |
| Minimum genome extent (kb) | 1.9 | 2.5 |
| Maximum genome extent (kb) | 1,971 | 1,281 |
| Average AT composition | 55% | 55% |
| Minimum AT composition | 31% | 31% |
| Maximum AT composition | 69% | 69% |
*The location of all L1 insertions with TSDs was compared to the genomic location of genes. The start-end coordinates of genes were determined from the headers of the GenBank contig (NT_*) files.