Table 1 Characterization of repeat types by RepeatMasker*
| Â | D. melanogaster | A. gambiae | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | # Hits | Length (bp) | % Bases | # Hits | Length (bp) | % Bases |
(1) Interspersed repeats | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   (i) Retrotransposon | 380 | 45,036 | 0.405% | 870 | 94,532 | 0.851% |
Non-LTR elements | 154 | 14,584 | 0.131% | 151 | 16,570 | 0.149% |
L2/CR1/Rex | 1 | 67 | 0.001% | 28 | 1,817 | 0.016% |
R1/LOA/Jockey | 55 | 4,375 | 0.039% | 122 | 14,723 | 0.132% |
RTE/Bov-B | - | - | - | 1 | 30 | 0.000% |
LTR elements | 226 | 30,452 | 0.274% | 719 | 77,962 | 0.701% |
Ty1/Copia | 3 | 238 | 0.002% | - | - | - |
Gypsy/DIRS1 | 181 | 27,142 | 0.244% | 718 | 77,743 | 0.699% |
   (ii) DNA transposons | 53 | 4,302 | 0.039% | 154 | 14,817 | 0.133% |
hobo-Activator | 3 | 363 | 0.003% | - | - | - |
Others | 40 | 3,364 | 0.030% | 40 | 2,324 | 0.021% |
   (iii) Unclassified | 48 | 4,816 | 0.043% | 5 | 309 | 0.003% |
Total interspersed repeats | 481 | 54,154 | 0.487% | 1,029 | 109,658 | 0.987% |
(2) Small RNAs | 1,351 | 422,537 | 3.802% | 1,274 | 414,435 | 3.729% |
(3) Simple repeats | 10,282 | 858,898 | 7.728% | 9,756 | 807,927 | 7.269% |
(4) Low complexity repeats | 4,258 | 386,684 | 3.479% | 4,257 | 387,159 | 3.483% |
Total repetitive sequences | Â | 1,721,824 | 15.491% | Â | 1,718,177 | 15.458% |