Table 2.

Abundance of different repeat families in the fly genome by developmental stage (modENCODE dataset)

Developmental stage	Repeat family	% of total genome (median)
Embryo (12–14 hr)	Low complexity	10.22
	Short repeats	7.75
	359 bp repeats	3.00
	Transposons	16.0
Larvae	Low complexity	6.13
	Short repeats	3.90
	359 bp repeats	1.43
	Transposons	11.6
Adult head	Low complexity	12.45
	Short repeats	9.8
	359 bp repeats	2.20
	Transposons	15.8