Table 3.

A comparison of the numbers of euchromatic transposable elements in the Release 3 sequence with those estimated from natural populations and laboratory stocks by in situ hybridization

Class	Family	Number in Release 3	Range	Midpoint	Midpoint average	Source	Reference
LTR	17.6	12	8-17	12.5	12.5	7-10 isogenic lines, Beltsville, MD	[51]
	1731	2	8-15	11.5	11.5	7-10 isogenic lines, Beltsville, MD	[51]
	297	57	18-35	26.5	26.6	7-10 isogenic lines, Beltsville, MD	[51]
			20-30	25		4 lab stocks	[13]
			23	23		20 isogenic lines, Raleigh, NC	[49]
			32	32		182 inbred lines	[145]
	3S18	6	25	25	18.5	8 lab stocks	[146]
			12	12		6 lab stocks	[19]
	412	31	18-38	28	25.8	7-10 isogenic lines, Beltsville, MD	[51]
			26-32	29		4 lab stocks	[13]
			21	21		20 isogenic lines, Raleigh, NC	[49]
			31	31		7 natural populations	[147]
			20	20		182 inbred lines	[145]
	blood	22	14	14	14.0	182 inbred lines	[145]
	copia	30	20-43	31.5	24.3	4 lab stocks	[13]
			12-25	18.5		18 inbred strains, Azerbaidjan	[148]
			23	23		7 natural populations	[147]
	gypsy	2	1	1	3.0	7 natural populations	[147]
			5	5		182 inbred lines	[145]
	HMS-Beagle 13	11	11	11.0			Hey and Eanes (unpublished), [116]
	Idefix	7	4-20	12	12.0	6 lab stocks	[110]
	mdg1	25	11-23	17	20.3	7-10 isogenic lines, Beltsville, MD	[51]
			15-27	21		20 lab stocks	[149]
			14-22	18		17 inbred stocks, Azerbaidjan	[150]
			25	25		18 inbred strains, Azerbaidjan	[148]
	mdg3	16	5-18	11.5	11.5	20 lab stocks	[149]
	opus	24	12-23	17.5	15.0	7-10 isogenic lines, Beltsville, MD	[51]
			10-15	12.5		2 lab stocks	[151]
	roo	147	55-75	65	63.0	7-10 isogenic lines, Beltsville, MD	[51]
			61	61		20 isogenic lines, Raleigh, NC	[49]
	Stalker	12	2-6	4	4.0	8 lab stocks	[146]
	Tirant	20	3-13	8	9.5	10 wild-type stocks	[152]
			6-16	11		3 lab stocks	[153]
	ZAM	0	0-15	7.5	7.8	4 lab stocks	[111]
			1-15	8		3 lab stocks	[39]
LINE-like	Doc	55	20-30	25	25.0	2 lab stocks	[154]
	F	42	25-30	27.5	34.3	1 lab stock	[155]
			41	41			Hey and Eanes (unpublished), [116]
	I	28	13-21	17	12.3	18 inbred strains, Azerbaidjan	[148]
			0-15	7.5		6 lab stocks	[19]
	jockey	69	32-40	36	29.0	7-10 isogenic lines, Beltsville, MD	[51]
			22	22		182 inbred lines	[145]
TIR	1360	105	19-39	29	29	4 lab strains	[156]
	Bari1	5	4	4	9.8	4 lab stocks	[157]
			2-29	15.5		46 lab stocks and natural populations	[109]
	H	24	8-60	34	27.0	17 inbred stocks, Azerbaidjan	[150]
			25-27	26		natural populations, Greece	[158]
			21	21		182 inbred lines	[145]
	NOF	7	0-2	1	1.0	8 lab strains	[159]
	S	51	24-91	57.5	57.5	10 lab stocks and natural populations	[160]
FB	FB	32	20-30	25	22.5	8 lab strains	[159]
			20	20		182 inbred lines	[145]

These data are illustrative of the published literature, not an exhaustive survey. The estimated range of copy number per family, range midpoint for each source, and midpoint averages across all sources are shown in columns 4, 5 and 6, respectively.