Analyses of LTR-Retrotransposon Structures Reveal Recent and Rapid Genomic DNA Loss in Rice

Table 1.

LTR-Retrotransposon Families Investigated in This Study


Familya

Sizeb(kb)

Type

Pre-existing name
Low- and middle-copy-number families
   Family I 5.8 copia-like Osr4
   Family II 5.5 copia-like
   Family III 5.0 gypsy-like
   Family IV 7.1 unknown
   Family V 5.3 copia-like
   Family VI 18.0 gypsy-like Osr28
   Family VII 11.7 copia-like
   Family VIII 10.0 unknown
   Family IX 4.7 copia-like Osr14
   Family X 6.5 copia-like Osr1
   Family XI 15.0 gypsy-like Osr41
High-copy-number families 9.2 copia-like Osr8

13.8
gypsy-like
Osr30
  • a Families I—VIII were randomly identified and selected, whereas other families were selected on the basis of McCarthy et al. 2002. Families II—V, VII and VIII were missed by McCarthy et al. 2002, accounting for 678 kb (22%) of the total 2991 kb of elements in the 11 low- and middle-copy-number families studied

  • b Predicted size of full-length elements from assembled consensus sequence

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  1. Genome Res. 14: 860-869

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