Table 2.
Summary of RepeatMasker analysis of M. sexta genome assembly using de novo libraries in conjunction with known arthropod repeats.
| Number of elements | Length occupied (bp) | Percentage of genome | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retroelements | 148,328 | 25,144,563 | 5.99 |
| SINEs: | 88,700 | 14,539,679 | 3.47 |
| Penelope | 1845 | 331,599 | 0.08 |
| LINEs: | 56,627 | 9,551,917 | 2.28 |
| CRE/SLACS | 21 | 2248 | <0.01 |
| L2/CR1/Rex | 28,706 | 4,773,062 | 1.14 |
| R1/LOA/Jockey | 7172 | 1,460,871 | 0.35 |
| R2/R4/NeSL | 1347 | 358,703 | 0.09 |
| RTE/Bov-B | 16,085 | 2,469,529 | 0.59 |
| L1/CIN4 | 15 | 857 | <0.01 |
| LTR elements: | 3001 | 1,052,967 | 0.25 |
| BEL/Pao | 906 | 215,267 | 0.05 |
| Ty1/Copia | 404 | 213,225 | 0.05 |
| Gypsy/DIRS1 | 1493 | 589,251 | 0.14 |
| Retroviral | 112 | 18,515 | <0.01 |
| DNA transposons | 64,549 | 10,692,867 | 2.55 |
| hobo-Activator | 3743 | 645,599 | 0.15 |
| Tc1-IS630-Pogo | 38,267 | 6,882,672 | 1.64 |
| En-Spm | 243 | 35,611 | 0.01 |
| PiggyBac | 45 | 13,186 | <0.01 |
| Tourist/Harbinger | 2904 | 496,414 | 0.12 |
| Other | 31 | 2851 | <0.01 |
| Unclassified | 434,165 | 68,763,336 | 16.39 |
| Total interspersed repeats | 104,600,766 | 24.94 | |
| Small RNA | 35,719 | 5,108,851 | 1.22 |
| Satellites | 7 | 792 | <0.01 |
| Simple repeats | 69,846 | 3,047,373 | 0.73 |
| Low complexity | 11,854 | 545,828 | 0.13 |