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Table 6 Transposable elements in D. holocanthus and their classification

From: Genome size evolution in pufferfish: an insight from BAC clone-based Diodon holocanthus genome sequencing

Repeat classification

Distribution

Fugu members

Copy number

SINEs

   

   V

Vertebrates

FR2

63 (46)

  

TE

18 (11)

   Mermaid

Vertebrates

FR1c

16 (5)

  

FR1d

9 (3)

Non-LTR Retrotransposons

   

   L1

Vertebrates, plants

KibiFr1

2

   RTE

Nematodes

Expander

29

  

Expander2

2

   L2

Metazoa

Maui

13

   Rex1/Babar

Fish

Rex1_FurC

7

LTR Retrotransposons

   

   Gypsy/TY3

Eukaryotes

Ronin1_I

4

  

Ronin2_I

1

  

Ronin3_I

1

  

Samurai_I

1

Penelope-like

Insects, fish

Bridge2(Xena)

17

DNA transposons

   

   hAT-Charlie

Mammals

Chaplin4_FR

2 (2)

   Harbinger

Nematodes, plants

Senkusha1A

2 (1)

   Tc1-mariner

Metazoa, plants

TC1_FR1

8 (3)

  

TC1_FR3

2 (0)

  

TC1_FR4

5 (3)

   Tc2

Nematodes

TC2_FR2a

2 (2)

  

TC2_FR4

1 (1)

Unclassified

  

6 (1)

  1. Numbers in parentheses represent the number of transposable elements distributed within gene.