Table 1. The total number of clones from the S. vulgaris short insert library containing respective elements and the proportion of total screened clones in comparison with the S. latifolia [28].

Type of element
	Silene vulgaris		Silene latifolia *
	number of sequences per genome	% of genome	number of sequences per genome	% of genome	Ratio %SV/%SL
Retroelements	29540	22.9%	72500	36.4%	0.63
LTR	29064	22.8%	69687	36.1%	0.63
Gypsy	13112	12.7%	55937	32.5%	0.39
Athila	714	0.5%	10000	2.7%	0.18
Ogre	0	0	25000	22.7%	0
Peabody	1904	1.1%	11250	2.8%	0.39
Retand	11190	11.2%	9687	4%	2.8
Copia	15952	10.1%	13750	3.6%	2.81
Non - LTR	476	0.10%	2813	0.3%	0.33
SINE	0	0	0	0	0
LINE	476	0.10%	2813	0.3%	0.33
DNA transposons	1428	0.6%	938	0.2%	3
Tandem repeats	42141	0.3%	42814	0.46%	0.65
Tandem repeat STAR	28095	0.1%	9063	0.02%	5
Tandem repeat X.43.1	4523	0.12%	31563	0.37%	0.32
TR1	9523	0.06%	2188	0.01%	6
All repetitive elements	73109	23.4%	116252	36.8%	0.64

Ratios % SV/% SL below 1.0 indicate elements that are more expanded in S. latifolia genome, and ratios % SV/% SL higher than 1.0 show elements that are more expanded in S. vulgaris.