Table 7.
Size of the IGSRE repetitive region of different Leishmania spp.
| Species | Number of repetitive regions (IGSRE) inserted in each IGS rRNA region | |||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | |
| Leishmania major | 8 | 12 | 15 | 37 | 28 | 10 |
| Leishmania braziliensis | 6 | 14 | 39 | 60 | — | — |
| Leishmania donovani | 23 | 20 | — | — | — | — |
| Leishmania mexicana | 34 | 30 | — | — | — | — |
| Leishmania peruviana | 265 | — | — | — | — | — |
The number of repetitions of the IGS rRNA region inserted in Chromosome 27 is shown in italics. The quantity of repetitions of the IGSRE region for each IGS rRNA region, by Leishmania species, is shown in bold numbers.