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. 2021 Feb 15;49(5):2700–2720. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkab059

Table 2.

Proportion (%) of transposable elements in rodents

Class Clade/superfamily Hamster Mouse Rat
SINE B1 3.3 2.32 1.56
B2 1.96 2.16 2.1
B4 2.6 2.13 2.12
ID 0.34 0.17 0.72
MIR 0.72 0.56 0.53
other SINE 0.24 0.01 0.01
LINE L1 16.22 19.75 18.94
L2 0.57 0.43 0.41
other LINE 0.13 0.1 0.1
LTR ERV1 0.64 0.74 0.99
ERVK 5.02 5.02 3.81
ERVL 5.55 5.9 5.26
other LTR 0.87 0.44 0.04
DNA hAT 0.98 0.82 0.81
TcMar 0.27 0.22 0.21
other DNA 0.03 0.03 0.03
Other TE 0.38 0.29 0.27
Unknown TE 0.09 0.12 0.79
Total 39.9 41.22 38.7