Table 1.
Dispersed Repeats Account for an Estimated 48% of the Difference in DNA Content between A- and D-Genome Cottons
| Class of dispersed repeat family | No. of families | DNA (pg) | Genome size (pg) |
| A-specific/enriched families | 64 | 0.43 | 1.86 |
| D-specific/enriched families | 4 | 0.02 | 1.01 |
| Difference between A- and D-specific/ enriched families | 60 | 0.41 | 0.85 |
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↵Estimated as previously described (Zhao et al., 1995).
