Table 2.

Examples of TE insertions in introns of maize TTT complex and PIKK genes.

Maize gene	Intron TE insertion(s)	Maize gene length (Kb)	Sorghum ortholog gene length (Kb)
ZmTti1	2 Kb hobo DNA transposon	20.87	12.1
ZmTti2	6 Kb Gypsy LTR retrotransposon	9.1	4.2
ZmATM	2.2 Kb L1/CIN4 retrotransposon	131	71
	2.1 Kb L1/CIN4 retrotransposon
	1.7 Kb L1/CIN4 retrotransposon
	3.1 Kb Ty1/Copia retrotransposon
	1.2 Kb Ty1/Copia retrotransposon
ZmATR	2.4 Kb Gypsy LTR retrotransposon	45	31
	10.2 Kb Gypsy LTR retrotransposon
	3 Kb Ty1/Copia retrotransposon
	4.7 Kb Ty1/Copia retrotransposon
ZmSMG1	1.4 Kb Ty1/Copia retrotransposon	30	22.6
	2.1 Kb L1/CIN4 retrotransposon
ZmTOR	2 Kb L1/CIN4 retrotransposon	51	31.8
	5 Kb Ty1/Copia retrotransposon