Distribution of Repetitive Elements
| Human | ||
| Repeat | Number of elements | Percentage of sequence |
| SINE | 55 | 9.89% |
| ALU | 32 | 7.25% |
| MIR | 23 | 2.65% |
| LINE | 37 | 11.59% |
| LINE1 | 20 | 8.85% |
| LINE2 | 17 | 2.74% |
| LTR elements | 14 | 3.67% |
| MaLR | 6 | 1.35% |
| ERVL | 3 | 1.14% |
| ERV-classI | 4 | 1.11% |
| ERV-classII | 0 | 0 |
| DNA elements | 16 | 3.21% |
| MER1 | 9 | 1.44% |
| MER2 | 5 | 1.62% |
| Total interspersed repeats | 28.37% | |
| Mouse | ||
| Repeat | Number of elements | Percentage of sequence |
| SINE | 27 | 3.18% |
| BI | 11 | 1.16% |
| B2–B4 | 14 | 1.93% |
| ID | 1 | 0.06% |
| MIR | 1 | 0.03% |
| LINE | 32 | 14.05% |
| LINE1 | 32 | 14.05% |
| LINE2 | 0 | 0 |
| LTR elements | 14 | 3.21% |
| MaLR | 10 | 2.30% |
| ERVL | 1 | 0.12% |
| ERV-classI | 0 | 0 |
| ERV-classII | 1 | 0.25% |
| DNA elements | 2 | 0.18% |
| MER1 | 1 | 0.12% |
| MER2 | 1 | 0.06% |
| Total interspersed repeats | 20.71% |