Eukaryote DIRS1-like retrotransposons: an overview

BMC Genomics

Table 1 Survey of the eukaryote species in which DIRS1-like retrotransposons were previously detected

Higher taxon	Species	References
Actinistia	Latimeria menadoensis	Repbase¹
	Danio rerio	[1, 8]
	Oncorhynchus mykiss	GenBank (2006)
Actinopterygii	Salmo salar	GenBank (2006)
	Takifugu rubripes	[46]
	Tetraodon nigroviridis	[1]
Amoebozoa	Dictyostelium discoideum	[47]
	Xenopus laevis	[1]
Amphibia	Xenopus tropicalis	[1]
Cnidaria	Nematostella vectensis	[48]
Crustacea	Daphnia pulex	[25, 24]
	16 decapod species	[16]
Dinoflagellata	Perkinsus marinus	GenBank (2010)
	Arbacia punctulata	[21]
Echinodermata	Lytechinus variegates	[8]
	Strongylocentrotus purpuratus	[1]
Hemichordata	Saccoglossus kowalevskii	GenBank (2010)
	Apis mellifera	[21]
	Camponotus floridanus	[27]
	Glyptapanteles indiensis	GenBank (2008)
Hexapoda	Harpegnathos saltator	[27]
	Nasonia vitripennis	GenBank (2007)
	Solenopsis invicta	[28]
	Tribolium castaneum	[21]
Mucoromycotina	Phycomyces blakesleeanus	[49]
	Rhizopus oryzae	[8]
Sauropsida	Gopherus agassizii	[5]
Urochordata	Oikopleura dioica	[50]

All the detected DIRS1-like elements, even in partial sequences, are reported here.
Notes: ¹Repbase: version 14.06 (http://www.girinst.org/repbase/update/index.html).

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