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Table 5 Repetitive transposon classification

From: De novo characterization of the gametophyte transcriptome in bracken fern, Pteridium aquilinum

Transposon class

Number of elements

Total length

Percentage of sequence

Retroelements

416

51,070

0.17%

   LINE/L1

38

2,458

0.01%

   LTR

378

48,612

0.16%

Copia

183

21,750

0.07%

Gypsy

195

26,862

0.09%

DNA transposons

269

22,699

0.07%

   hobo-Activator

20

2,022

0.01%

   Tc1-IS630-Pogo

1

46

0.00%

   En-Spm

180

13,395

0.04%

   MuDR-IS905

33

1,834

0.00%

   Harbinger

6

368

0.00%

   Rolling circle Helitrons

29

5,034

0.02%

  1. Classification and frequency statistics for repetitive elements identified by RepeatMasker. The database used to screen unigenes was built with repeat sequences identified in RepBase as belonging to land plants (Embryophyta).