Table 1.

Definition of the Alu Family

Method No. of elements Total length, bp Genomic coverage, bp No. of families Largest Family
Non-AlusAlus
RepeatMasker 1260318,938318,927101260
Single1389357,830331,59315761378
Double56,9257,908,428330,83019654,615
RECON 1468285,747285,000221423