Figure 7

The distribution of full-length, solo and fragmented LTR elements along the chromosome 10. The borders of the pericentromeric regions of chromosome 10 were assigned as being 5 cM from the center of the centromere on each arm. The remainders of the chromosome were designated as arms. Both copia-like and gypsy-like LTR retrotransposons exhibit nonrandom clustering along the chromosome. More LTR retrotransposons reside in the pericentric regions of the chromosome than in the arms, and short arm of Chromosome 10 also displays a higher density of the elements than long arm. The number of gypsy-like elements are more than that of copia-like elements on chromosome 10.