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Table 2 The proportion of base pairs attributable to different TE superfamilies based on the total length of inferred TE-lncRNAs and the B73 reference genome

From: Maize transposable elements contribute to long non-coding RNAs that are regulatory hubs for abiotic stress response

TE Class

Number of TE-lncRNAs

% total length of TE-lncRNAs

% total length of TEs in the genome

Retroelements

 SINE

15

0.36%

0.02%

 LINE/L1

151

1.28%

0.96%

 LINE/RTE-BovB

8

0.05%

0.14%

 LTR/Cassandra

47

0.23%

0.10%

 LTR/Copia

3917

22.45%

32.39%

 LTR/Gypsy

9566

61.53%

59.64%

 Total

13,704

85.90%

93.25%

DNA transposons

 DNA

28

0.28%

0.03%

 DNA/CMC-EnSpm

579

3.97%

3.33%

 DNA/hAT-Ac

234

2.03%

0.73%

 DNA/hAT-Tag1

20

0.56%

0.08%

 DNA/hAT-Tip100

32

0.34%

0.14%

 DNA/MULE-MuDR

213

1.70%

0.93%

 DNA/PIF-Harbinger

291

2.80%

0.64%

 DNA/TcMar-Stowaway

35

0.41%

0.08%

 Total

1,432

12.10%

5.96%

Helitrons

162

1.79%

0.78%

Unclassified:

14

0.21%

0.02%

Total

15,312

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