Drosophila Euchromatic LTR Retrotransposons are Much Younger Than the Host Species in Which They Reside

Table 1.

LTR Retrotransposons Used to Categorize Elements from theDrosophila melanogaster Genome

Element name Accession no. Inserted element length (bp)
From D. melanogaster
17.6 X01472 7439
1731 X07656 4648
297 X03431 6995
412 X04132 6897
BEL U23420 6126
blastopia Z27119 5416
burdock U89994 6411
copia X04456 5146
gypsy AF033821 7469
HMS Beagle AH001020 ∼7300
Idefix AJ009736 7411
mdg1 X59545 7480
mdg3 X95908 5519
micropia X14037 5465
nomad AF039416 7592
tirant X93507 5184
transpac AF222049 5249
From other organisms
Anopheles gambiae Moose AF060859
Tribolium castaneum woot U09586
Drosophila buzzatii osvaldo AJ133521
Drosophila virilis Ulysses X56645
Ceratitis capitata yoyo U60529
Drosophila virilis gypsy M38438
Drosphila subobscura gypsy X72390
Trichoplusia ni TED M32662
Drosophila ananassae Tom Z24451
Drosophila virilis Tv1 AF056940

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