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

Table 4.

The Content of LTR-Retrotransposons Analyzed from the Drosophila melanogaster Genome in This Study

LTR retrotransposon family Total number of elements characterized in this study Elements estimated by in situ hybridization in 10 natural populations
copia 23 24 ± 4
17.6 6 3 ± 3
297 10 23 ± 6
412 18 28 ± 5
antonia 4 n.d.
blastopia 6 n.d.
blood 21 17 ± 3
burdock 1 10 ± 2
hamilton 2 n.d.
HMS Beagle 8 9 ± 3
mazi 4 n.d.
mdg1 4 21 ± 5
mdg3 8 14 ± 5
micropia 1 n.d.
nik 1 n.d.
nomad 4 n.d.
roo 40 68 ± 14
tirant 6 11 ± 3
transpac 4 n.d.
wolfman 2 n.d.
Unclassified 5
Total 178
Total nucleotide  sequence length of  LTR retrotransposons 1,269,435
  • Vieira et al. 1999

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