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. 2011 Feb 8;12:99. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-99

Table 5.

Repetitive transposon classification

Transposon class Number of elements Total length Percentage of sequence
Retroelements 416 51,070 0.17%
 LINE/L1 38 2,458 0.01%
 LTR 378 48,612 0.16%
  Copia 183 21,750 0.07%
  Gypsy 195 26,862 0.09%
DNA transposons 269 22,699 0.07%
 hobo-Activator 20 2,022 0.01%
 Tc1-IS630-Pogo 1 46 0.00%
 En-Spm 180 13,395 0.04%
 MuDR-IS905 33 1,834 0.00%
 Harbinger 6 368 0.00%
 Rolling circle Helitrons 29 5,034 0.02%

Classification and frequency statistics for repetitive elements identified by RepeatMasker. The database used to screen unigenes was built with repeat sequences identified in RepBase as belonging to land plants (Embryophyta).