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. 2001 Jan;11(1):78–86. doi: 10.1101/gr.165801

Table 2.

Distribution of Repetitive Elements

Human
Repeat Number of elements Percentage of sequence



SINE 55 9.89%
 ALU 32 7.25%
 MIR 23 2.65%
LINE 37 11.59%
 LINE1 20 8.85%
 LINE2 17 2.74%
LTR elements 14 3.67%
 MaLR 6 1.35%
 ERVL 3 1.14%
 ERV-classI 4 1.11%
 ERV-classII 0 0
DNA elements 16 3.21%
 MER1 9 1.44%
 MER2 5 1.62%
Total interspersed repeats 28.37%



Mouse
Repeat Number of elements Percentage of sequence



SINE 27 3.18%
 BI 11 1.16%
 B2–B4 14 1.93%
 ID 1 0.06%
 MIR 1 0.03%
LINE 32 14.05%
 LINE1 32 14.05%
 LINE2 0 0
LTR elements 14 3.21%
 MaLR 10 2.30%
 ERVL 1 0.12%
 ERV-classI 0 0
 ERV-classII 1 0.25%
DNA elements 2 0.18%
 MER1 1 0.12%
 MER2 1 0.06%
Total interspersed repeats 20.71%