Table 2.

Repetitive Classes in Fugu rubripes and Diodon hystrix Genomic DNA

Species Class Fraction (%) Frequency (copies/genome) Complexity[i] (bp) Log cot1/2 [ii] (M sec)
F. rubripes Foldback18
Repetitive 39.0 × 105 140−3.3
Single copy79  13.8 × 108 2.6
D. hystrix Foldback 7
Repetitive221506.4 × 106 0.8
Single copy71  19.6 × 108 3.0

[i] The estimated length of the longest nonrepeating sequence in the class.

[ii] The value at which half of the DNA belonging to the class has renatured.