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

Table 5.

Structures of LTR Retrotransposons Identified in Two High-Copy-Number Families in Rice



Family
Osr8
Osr30
Structuresa
No.
Percentage (%)b
No.
Percentage (%)b
Intact elements 21 18.3 12 11.9
Intact elements without TSDs 0 0.0 2 2.0
Solo LTRs 51 44.3 34 33.7
Solo LTRs without TSDs 4 3.5 5 5.0
One LTR partially deleted 6 5.2 5 5.0
One LTR completely deleted 8 7.0 16 15.8
Both LTRs partially deleted 2 1.7 0 0.0
One LTR deleted, another partially deleted 2 1.7 5 5.0
LTR remnants 21 18.3 22 21.8
Total
115
100.0
101
100.0
  • a Does not include a small number of difficult-to-identify internal remnants or incompletely sequenced elements

  • b Percentage of total elements in this study

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