Table 2.
The number and length of each type of repetitive sequence.
| Type | Macrotermes natalensis | Zootermopsis nevadensis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of repeats | Repeat length (bp) | Percentage of Genome (%) | Number of repeats | Repeat length (bp) | Percentage of Genome (%) | |
| TEs | 525,847 | 118,593,042 | 10.12 | 307,278 | 53,444,656 | 10.83 |
| LINE | 1,027,017 | 237,020,224 | 20.22 | 171,545 | 32,495,416 | 6.59 |
| LTR | 33,435 | 6,864,870 | 0.59 | 10,625 | 1,980,023 | 0.40 |
| Rolling Circle | 12,725 | 3,630,172 | 0.31 | 2427 | 384,875 | 0.08 |
| SINE | 13,624 | 2,671,925 | 0.23 | 109,498 | 17,763,792 | 3.60 |
| Unknown | 535,062 | 121,413,841 | 10.36 | 115,074 | 22,629,266 | 4.59 |
| Other | 64 | 10,006 | <0.001 | 3 | 185 | <0.001 |
| Simple repeat | 390,741 | 40,059,393 | 3.42 | 88,333 | 9,086,992 | 1.84 |
| Simple repeats | 164,090 | 6504,930 | 0.55 | 113,670 | 4,338,842 | 0.88 |
| Satellite and tandem repeats | 221,634 | 74677,411 | 6.37 | 34,394 | 11,591,981 | 2.35 |
| Non-redundant total | 2,924,239 | 537,702,043 | 45.87 | 952,847 | 137,154,152 | 27.79 |
Simple repeats are 2–5 bp repetitive units while longer satellite and tandem repeats have 6–40 bp. “Other” includes repeats that do not belong to any of the listed types, such as DNA-viruses or centromeric regions (listed in Table S1).