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Table 2 Diversity of TEs in mammalian species.

From: Families of transposable elements, population structure and the origin of species

Species (genome size)

< 1% divergence

< 5% divergence

 

Repbase ID names (genomic copy number in parentheses)

No. Families

Total Count

No. Families

Total Count

Human (2.87GB)

AluYa5(2696), AluYb8(1499), AluY(215), AluYc1(433), L1HS(332), AluYg6(242), AluYb9(213), AluYd8(122), AluYa8(40), LTR5_Hs(38), AluYh9(18), HERVK(6).

12

5981

48

33613

Chimpanzee (2.90GB)

AluY(150), AluYc1(1320), PTERV1c_LTR(80), CERV1_LTR(53), L1Pt(24), AluYa5(11), AluYb8(7).

8

1799

50

23832

Rhesus macaque (2.64GB)

AluMacYb2(1122), AluMacYb4(1047), AluMacYa3(364), L1_RS1_5end(69), MacERVK2_LTR1a(52), MacERV1_LTR4a(40), MacERV1_LTR3a(23), MacERV3_LTR2(22), MacERV4_LTR1a(22), MacERV4_LTR4(20), MacERV3_LTR3(14), MacERV2_LTR1(11), MacERVK2_LTR1c(11), MacERV1_LTR4d(9), MacERV2_LTR2a(8).

15

2834

67

70319

Marmoset (2.76GB)

HAL1-1C_Cja(32).

1

32

11

1299

Tarsier (2.77GB)

LTR10_TS(11), LTR13_TS(7).

2

18

23

7705

Mouse lemur (1.85GB)

LTR3_Mim(49), ERV1-Mim_LTR(23), LTR10_Mim(22), LTR1_Mim(22), ERV2N1-Mim_LTR(14), LTR10B_Mim(8), LTR14_Mim(5).

7

143

26

6066

Bushbaby (1.97GB)

GarnAlu1(80), LTR8_OG(21).

2

101

12

18970

Mouse (2.62GB)

L1_MM(1244), RLTRETN_MM(154), IAPLTR1_Mm_LTR(65), MMERGLN_LTR(59), IAPLTR1a_MM(58), RLTR1IAP_MM(54), RLTR6B_Mm(39), B1_Mm(34), B2_Mm1a(30), IAPEY4_LTR(30), LTRIS_Mm(26), B1_Mus2(23), ERVB7_1-I_MM(22), ORR1A0(20), ERVB7_1-LTR_MM(11), IAPLTR1a_I_MM(11), ERVB4_1B-LTR_MM(10), MTA_Mm_LTR(10), MMERVK10C(8), IAPLTR3(6), RLTR13B2(6), L1Md_Gf_5end(5), LTRIS3(5).

23

1930

113

72236

Rat (2.48GB)

ID_Rn1(4510), B2_Rn(349), L1_RN(212), NICER2_Rn(113), ID_Rn2(107), RNLTR12(73), B2_Rn1(61), RNLTR19A(61), RNLTR8C(54), B2_RnY(50), NICER1B_Rn_LTR(37), RNIAP1aLTR(26), RNIAP1bLTR(18), RNLTR8C2(16), RNNICER3_I(15), B2_Rat2(12), RNLTR12-int(11), RNLTR2a(9), NICER3A_Rn(8), B2_Rn2(7), ERVB5_3-LTR_RN(6).

21

5755

92

67356

Kangaroo rat (1.84GB)

DIPODE1(126), BC1_Dor(115), DERV2a_LTR(32), LTR13B_Dor(18), L1-1_Dor(14), ERV2-Dor_LTR(9).

6

314

21

54065

Guinea pig (2.66GB)

CAVID(392), L1-1C_Cpo(377), L1-1D_Cpo(139), HAL1-1H_Cpo(106), HAL1-3D_Cpo(54), HAL1-1G_Cpo(50), HAL1-1E_Cpo(37), ERV1NA-CPo_LTR(36), 5S_CPo(15), ERV1A1-CPo_LTR(9).

10

1215

39

38173

Squirrel (1.91GB)

LTR3_Str(65), ERV2-1_STr-LTR(40), LTR27_Str(19), STRID3(9), LTR8_Str(7).

5

140

47

13754

Rabbit (2.08GB)

LTR26_OC(24), LTR10_OC(23), ERVH_OC_LTR(5).

3

52

36

47855

Pika (1.92GB)

CSINE3_OP(210), ERV2-1N-OP_LTR(48), LTR2B1_Opr(40), ERV2-1-LTR_Opr(31), ERV2-4_Opr-LTR(22), LTR10_Opr(14), LTR30_Opr(10), LTR7_Opr(10), ERV1-1_OPr-LTR(8), ERV2-2_Opr-LTR(8).

10

401

54

14259

Cow (2.73GB)

ERV2-1-LTR_BT(25), BTLTR1B(14), L1-BT(7).

3

46

31

63422

Alpaca (1.92GB)

 

0

0

10

420

Dog (2.38GB)

L1-Y_CF(354), SINEC2A1_CF(79), CfERVF1_LTR(18), SINEC2A2_CF(11).

4

462

14

81969

Cat (1.64GB)

SINEC_Fc(2312), ERV1-2_FCa-LTR(36), ERV1-3_FCa-LTR(24).

3

2372

16

59515

Horse (2.42GB)

ERE1(532), L1-1_EC(61)

2

593

20

19683

Megabat (1.83GB)

ERV1-1_PVa-LTR(102), ERV2-2_PVa-LTR(21), ERV2-3_PVa-LTR(12), LTR15_PVa(5).

4

140

16

1924

Bat (1.67GB)

nhAT6_ML(1428), nhAT4a_ML(975), nhAT2_ML(823), nhAT1_ML(310), nhAT5b_ML(295), hAT-2N2_ML(227), nhAT3_ML(167), nhAT5a_ML(13), LTR30A_ML(9), ERV1X1-LTR_ML(7), ERV2X1-LTR_ML(7), SPIN_NA_1_Et(6), Ves(6), LTR27D2_ML(5), MARIN1_ML(5).

15

4283

55

99014

Hedgehog (2.13GB)

Vingi-1N3_EE(311), LTR4_EE(54), LTR1C_EE(38), ERV2-4_EE-LTR(28), (13), ERV2-1_EE-LTR(11), LTR26_EE(8), ERV2-3_EE-LTR(7), LTR13_EE(5).

9

475

63

14890

Shrew (1.83GB)

LTR6_Sar(45), LTR1_Sar(22), LTR2_Sar(22), LTR7_Sar(10), LTR8_Sar(8), LTR18C_Sar(5).

6

112

25

2803

Elephant (2.30GB)

 

0

0

7

1052

Tenrec (2.11GB)

 

0

0

5

4783

Hyrax (2.41GB)

ERV2-6_Pca-LTR(166), ERV2-3_Pca-LTR(130), ERV2-1-Pca_LTR(56), MLT1Z_Pca(16), ERV1-2_PCa-LTR(8), LTR15B_Pca(7).

6

383

40

9945

Armadillo (2.15GB)

 

0

0

6

5950

Sloth (2.12GB)

ERV2N1_CHo-LTR(402), LTR3_Cho(142), ERV2N1B_CHo-LTR(6), LTR5A_Cho(6).

4

556

23

3709

Opossum (3.34GB)

L1-1_MD(953), SINE-1_MD(193), ERV2_MD_I(109), ERV2_MD_LTR(70), L1A-2_MD(42), MARINERNA6_MD(10), LTR32_MD(9), ERV1_MD_I(7).

8

1393

70

46497

Wallaby (2.54GB)

MERVK1B_LTR(10), MERVK1D_LTR(5).

2

15

7

9514

Platypus (1.84GB)

 

0

0

10

214

  1. Each family is composed of at least five elements per genome. Column 1: common species name and the size of the sequence data. Column 2: Repbase ID names of families with < 1% of divergence from their consensus sequences. Columns 3 and 5: the number of different families (< 1% and < 5% divergent from their respective consensus sequences). Columns 4 and 6: the corresponding total combined numbers per genome (total counts). Scientific names of species used are as follows: human, Homo sapiens; chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes; Rhesus macaque, Macaca mulatta; marmoset, Callithrix jacchus; tarsier, Tarsius syrichta; mouse lemur, Microcebus murinus; bushbaby, Otolemur garnettii; mouse, Mus musculus; rat, Rattus norvegicus; kangaroo rat, Dipodomys ordii; Guinea pig, Cavia porcellus; squirrel, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus; rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus; pika, Ochotona princeps; cow, Bos taurus; alpaca, Lama pacos; dog, Canis lupus familiaris; cat, Felis catus; horse, Equus caballus; megabat, Pteropus vampyrus; bat, Myotis lucifugus; hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus; shrew, Sorex araneus; elephant, Loxodonta africana; tenrec, Echinops telfairi; hyrax, Procavia capensis; armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus; sloth, Choloepus hoffmanni; opossum, Monodelphis domestica; wallaby, Macropus eugenii; platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus.