Domestication of rice has reduced the occurrence of transposable elements within gene coding regions

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Table 1 The sequenced genomes of the eight Oryza species in this study

Species	Geographical origin	Category	Sequence length	Genes^a	Transcripts^a
Oryza sativa Japonica	All over the world	Cultivated	374471240	89669	114289
Oryza rufipogon	Asian, India and Australia	Wild	338040714	63530	100603
Oryza sativa Indica	Southern Asia	Cultivated	411710190	86322^b	88438^b
Oryza nivara	Asian and India	Wild	337950324	58613	98640
Oryza glaberrima	African	Cultivated	316419574	78722	103316
Oryza barthii	West African	Wild	308272304	56968	88012
Oryza glumaepatula	South America	Wild	372860283	60679	99411
Oryza meridionalis	Australia	Wild	335668232	51551	87383

^aRNA-seq supported criterion is based on Cufflinks predictions, and include coding and non-coding genes
^bNo RNA-seq to support genes/transcripts, data source is from http://plants.ensembl.org/Oryza_indica/Info/Annotation

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