Table 1.
Distribution of MS-containing clones by species.
| Species | Family | Clones | bp | SINEs | Other repeats | Articles | Journals |
| Felis catus | Felidae | 504(40.8%) | 173240(33.6%) | 125 | 130 | 3 | 2,8,11,17 |
| Canis familiaris | Canidae | 185(15.0%) | 122264(23.7%) | 37 | 67 | 19 | 2,6,10,12,14,17 |
| Meles meles | Mustelidae | 82(6.6%) | 33008(6.4%) | 25 | 29 | 3 | 2,15 |
| Ailuropoda melanoleuca | Ursidae | 80(6.5%) | 40181(7.8%) | 27 | 33 | 2 | 1,5,17 |
| Crocuta crocuta | Hyaenidae | 75(6.1%) | 21993(4.3%) | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3,15,16,17 |
| Mustela vison | Mustelidae | 46(3.7%) | 21642(4.2%) | 11 | 14 | 3 | 4,15,17 |
| Panthera leo | Felidae | 30(2.4%) | 12733(2.5%) | 15 | 2 | 1 | 16,17 |
| Lutra lutra | Mustelidae | 21(1.7%) | 8652(1.7%) | 3 | 9 | 3 | 7,15,16,17 |
| Odobenus rosmarus | Odobenidae | 14(1.1%) | 9232(1.8%) | 1 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| Zalophus californianus | Otariidae | 14(1.1%) | 8027(1.6%) | 2 | 6 | 1 | 16,17 |
| Herpestes javanicus | Herpestidae | 13(1.1%) | 3725(0.7%) | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Ursus arctos | Ursidae | 13(1.1%) | 5201(1.0%) | 0 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| Panthera tigris | Felidae | 12(1.0%) | 3114(0.6%) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16,17 |
| Mungos mungo | Herpestidae | 11(0.9%) | 3791(0.7%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Martes americana | Mustelidae | 11(0.9%) | 2979(0.6%) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Halichoerus grypus | Phocidae | 11(0.9%) | 2822(0.5%) | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12,15 |
| Ursus americanus | Ursidae | 11(0.9%) | 3607(0.7%) | 0 | 6 | 2 | 15,17 |
| Leptonychotes weddellii | Phocidae | 10(0.8%) | 3257(0.6%) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13,16 |
| Ailurus fulgens | Procyonidae | 10(0.8%) | 3395(0.7%) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| Lontra canadensis | Mustelidae | 9(0.7%) | 3825(0.7%) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Suricata suricatta | Herpestidae | 9(0.7%) | 4971(1.0%) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| Mustela erminea | Mustelidae | 8(0.6%) | 2514(0.5%) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12,15 |
| Ursus thibetanus | Ursidae | 8(0.6%) | 3460(0.7%) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| Phoca vitulina | Phocidae | 7(0.6%) | 2099(0.4%) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2,15 |
| Fossa fossana | Viverridae | 6(0.5%) | 1585(0.3%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Gulo gulo | Mustelidae | 6(0.5%) | 1337(0.3%) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| Urocyon cinereoargenteus | Canidae | 6(0.5%) | 3291(0.6%) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| Alopex lagopus | Canidae | 5(0.4%) | 2039(0.4%) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9,14 |
| Cryptoprocta ferox | Viverridae | 5(0.4%) | 2388(0.5%) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Hydrurga leptonyx | Phocidae | 4(0.3%) | 1541(0.3%) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13,16 |
| Lobodon carcinophagus | Phocidae | 4(0.3%) | 1335(0.3%) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13,16 |
| Lynx canadensis | Felidae | 3(0.2%) | 1254(0.2%) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Taxidea taxus | Mustelidae | 3(0.2%) | 857(0.2%) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| TOTALS | 1236 | 515359 | 330 | 357 | 71 |
SINEs: the number of clones associated with tRNA SINEs. Other repeats: the number of clones associated with other interspersed repeats. Articles: the number of publications in which these clones appeared. Journals: 1, Acta Genetica Sinica (N = 1); 2, Animal Genetics (N = 19); 3, Behavioural Ecology (N = 1); 4, Canadian Journal of Animal Science (N = 1); 5, Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology (N = 1); 6, Chromosome Research (N = 1); 7, Conservation Genetics (N = 1); 8, Cytogenetics and Genome Research (N = 1); 9, Electrophoresis (N = 1); 10, Genetics (N = 1); 11, Genomics (N = 1); 12, Journal of Heredity (N = 3); 13, Journal of Mammalogy (N = 1); 14, Mammalian Genome (N = 2); 15, Molecular Ecology (N = 16); 16, Molecular Ecology Notes (N = 15); and 17, Unpublished; where N shows the number of publications in each journal.