The 1.4-Mb CMT1A Duplication/HNPP Deletion Genomic Region Reveals Unique Genome Architectural Features and Provides Insights into the Recent Evolution of New Genes

Table 1.

The Interspersed Repeat Content of the CMT1A/HNPP Region

Repeat type Total no. of elements Coverage (bp) Coverage (%)
SINEs 703 168,239 bp 11.84%
Alus 511 141,709 bp 9.97%
MIRs 192 26,530 bp 1.87%
LINEs 463 262,132 bp 18.45%
LINE1 245 190,833 bp 13.43%
LINE2 190 59,880 bp 4.21%
Other LINEs 28 11,419 bp 0.81%
LTR elements 246 115,140 bp 8.10%
MaLRs 120 49,012 bp 3.45%
Retroviral 50 21,746 bp 1.53%
MER4 group 43 29,094 bp 2.05%
Other LTRs 33 15,288 bp 1.07%
DNA elements 194 48,268 bp 3.40%
MER1 type 135 28,178 bp 1.98%
MER2 type 26 11,345 bp 0.80%
Mariners 8 4,332 bp 0.30%
Other DNA elements 25 4,413 bp 0.32%
Unclassified 2 319 bp 0.02%
Total interspersed repeats 1608  594,098 bp 41.80%
Small RNA 5 668 bp 0.05%
Simple repeats 247 13,610 bp 0.96%
Low complexity 144 8,140 bp 0.57%
Total 2004 616,328 bp 43.37%
Total sequence length 1,421,129 bp
GC %    41.57%

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  1. Genome Res. 11: 1018-1033

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