Table 4 Characteristics of repeat elements contained in the Upland cotton BIBAC end sequences (BESs)
Elements | Number of elements | Length occupied (bp) | Percentage of the BES (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Retroelements | 776 | 208,081 | 5.42 |
 LINEs: | 21 | 4,469 | 0.12 |
  L1/CIN4 | 21 | 4,469 | 0.12 |
 LTR elements: | 755 | 203,612 | 5.39 |
  Ty1/Copia | 166 | 40,878 | 1.06 |
  Gypsy/DIRS1 | 578 | 162,030 | 4.22 |
DNA transposons | 5 | 302 | 0.01 |
 MuDR-IS905 | 3 | 152 | 0.00 |
Total interspersed repeats | 208,383 | 5.42 | Â |
Small RNA | 131 | 36,531 | 0.95 |
Simple repeats | 201 | 10,777 | 0.28 |
Low complexity | 2,289 | 118,328 | 3.08 |