Table 2

Non-LTR retrotransposons in Ciona


Deuterostomes
Protostomes
Other organisms

Non-LTR clade
Ciona copy number*
Vertebrates (copy number in Fugu [15])
Copy number in D. melanogaster [30] and A. gambiae [31]


CR1

+ (NF§)
+ (NF, 152)

CRE


+ (NF, NF)

I
+ (6-9)

+ (67, 19)

Jockey


+ (392, 28)

L1
+ (4-22)
+ (500)
+
+
L2
+ (4-24)
+ (6,500)
+ (NF, NF)

LOA
+ (7-69)

+ (18, 19)

NeSL1


+ (NF, NF)

R1


+ (130, 3¥)

R2
+ (3-13)

+ (0, NF)

R4

+ (1,000)
+ (NF, 2)

Rex1

+ (2,000)

+
RTE

+ (2,300)
+ (NF, 167)

Tad1



+
Total copy number
24-137
12,300
607, 390

Clade complexity**
Five in Ciona
Five in Fugu
Five in D. melanogaster and seven in A. gambiae


*Detailed in Table 1. The first number in parentheses refers to D. melanogaster, the second to Aedes aegypti. See Figure 3. §NF, not found. Probably present in A. gambiae [31]. ¥Underestimated in Holt et al. [31]. **Number of different clades.

Permanyer et al. Genome Biology 2003 4:R73   doi:10.1186/gb-2003-4-11-r73

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