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. 2004 Nov;136(3):3486–3503. doi: 10.1104/pp.104.044602

Table III.

Repeated DNA sequences found in maize and rice

Repeat Length
Maize
Rice
Number Bases Percent Number Bases Percent
20–49 917 19,794 3.47 476 10,855 2.21
50–99 96 6,118 1.07 95 6,109 2.15
100–199 34 4,959 0.87 23 2,992 0.61
200–499 4 1,045 0.18 9 2,497 0.51
500–999 4 2,530 0.44 0 0 0.00
1,000–1,999 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
2,000–4,999 0 0 0.00 7 27,964 5.70
5,000–9,999 2 10,540 1.85 0 0 0.00
10,000–19,999 6 85,796 15.06 0 0 0.00
20,000+ 0 0 0.00 6 231,332 47.16
Total 659 130,782 22.94 616 281,749 58.34

The numbers of repeats and the numbers of bases in each size class of repeats, in roughly log-incremental size classes. All copies of repeats are included. Percents of genomes are calculated from total genome sizes. Sequence-identity criterion is 90%.