Table 2.
Element Family Average Pairwise Nucleotide Identities
| Element (sample size) | Average pairwise identities | Calculated divergence time (millions of years) |
| 17.6(6) | 99.676525 ± 0.000862996 | 0.1078252 ± 0.028766517 |
| 297(8) | 99.846149 ± 0.000986654 | 0.051283679 ± 0.032888452 |
| 412(19) | 99.6790517 ± 0.001212138 | 0.106982767 ± 0.040404609 |
| antonia(4) | 98.8624153 ± 0.00499742 | 0.379194889 ± 0.166580662 |
| blastopia(6) | 99.7571929 ± 0.000753808 | 0.080935711 ± 0.025126928 |
| blood(21) | 99.8221958 ± 0.001247047 | 0.059268056 ± 0.041568245 |
| copia(23) | 99.7509078 ± 0.001175924 | 0.083030736 ± 0.039197471 |
| wolfman (2) | 99.889276 | 0.036908 |
| hamilton(2) | 99.973008 | 0.008997333 |
| HMS Beagle (3) #'s 4, 5 and 6 | 99.448482 ± 0.00441751 | 0.172349167 ± 0.138047175 |
| HMS Beagle (4) #'s 1, 2, 3, 7 and 8 | 99.852204 ± 0.0008726 | 0.04618625 ± 0.02726868 |
| mazi(4) | 99.8201147 ± 0.000824226 | 0.059961778 ± 0.027474189 |
| mdg1(5) | 99.6931778 ± 0.000748225 | 0.102274067 ± 0.024940837 |
| mdg3(8) | 99.6225424 ± 0.001529709 | 0.12581919 ± 0.050990305 |
| nomad(4) | 99.9075055 ± 0.000276762 | 0.0308315 ± 0.009225413 |
| roo(40) | 99.6887925 ± 0.001617852 | 0.103735823 ± 0.053928391 |
| tirant(6) | 99.9374788 ± 0.000253444 | 0.0208404 ± 0.008448124 |
| transpac(4) | 99.882341 ± 0.000408498 | 0.039219778 ± 0.013616585 |
