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Table 3 A comparison of the numbers of euchromatic transposable elements in the Release 3 sequence with those estimated from natural populations and laboratory stocks by in situ hybridization

From: The transposable elements of the Drosophila melanogaster euchromatin: a genomics perspective

Class

Family

Number in Release 3

Range

Midpoint

Midpoint average

Source

Reference

LTR

17.6

12

8-17

12.5

12.5

7-10 isogenic lines, Beltsville, MD

[51]

 

1731

2

8-15

11.5

11.5

7-10 isogenic lines, Beltsville, MD

[51]

 

297

57

18-35

26.5

26.6

7-10 isogenic lines, Beltsville, MD

[51]

   

20-30

25

 

4 lab stocks

[13]

   

23

23

 

20 isogenic lines, Raleigh, NC

[49]

   

32

32

 

182 inbred lines

[145]

 

3S18

6

25

25

18.5

8 lab stocks

[146]

   

12

12

 

6 lab stocks

[19]

 

412

31

18-38

28

25.8

7-10 isogenic lines, Beltsville, MD

[51]

   

26-32

29

 

4 lab stocks

[13]

   

21

21

 

20 isogenic lines, Raleigh, NC

[49]

   

31

31

 

7 natural populations

[147]

   

20

20

 

182 inbred lines

[145]

 

blood

22

14

14

14.0

182 inbred lines

[145]

 

copia

30

20-43

31.5

24.3

4 lab stocks

[13]

   

12-25

18.5

 

18 inbred strains, Azerbaidjan

[148]

   

23

23

 

7 natural populations

[147]

 

gypsy

2

1

1

3.0

7 natural populations

[147]

   

5

5

 

182 inbred lines

[145]

 

HMS-Beagle 13

11

11

11.0

  

Hey and Eanes (unpublished), [116]

 

Idefix

7

4-20

12

12.0

6 lab stocks

[110]

 

mdg1

25

11-23

17

20.3

7-10 isogenic lines, Beltsville, MD

[51]

   

15-27

21

 

20 lab stocks

[149]

   

14-22

18

 

17 inbred stocks, Azerbaidjan

[150]

   

25

25

 

18 inbred strains, Azerbaidjan

[148]

 

mdg3

16

5-18

11.5

11.5

20 lab stocks

[149]

 

opus

24

12-23

17.5

15.0

7-10 isogenic lines, Beltsville, MD

[51]

   

10-15

12.5

 

2 lab stocks

[151]

 

roo

147

55-75

65

63.0

7-10 isogenic lines, Beltsville, MD

[51]

   

61

61

 

20 isogenic lines, Raleigh, NC

[49]

 

Stalker

12

2-6

4

4.0

8 lab stocks

[146]

 

Tirant

20

3-13

8

9.5

10 wild-type stocks

[152]

   

6-16

11

 

3 lab stocks

[153]

 

ZAM

0

0-15

7.5

7.8

4 lab stocks

[111]

   

1-15

8

 

3 lab stocks

[39]

LINE-like

Doc

55

20-30

25

25.0

2 lab stocks

[154]

 

F

42

25-30

27.5

34.3

1 lab stock

[155]

   

41

41

  

Hey and Eanes (unpublished), [116]

 

I

28

13-21

17

12.3

18 inbred strains, Azerbaidjan

[148]

   

0-15

7.5

 

6 lab stocks

[19]

 

jockey

69

32-40

36

29.0

7-10 isogenic lines, Beltsville, MD

[51]

   

22

22

 

182 inbred lines

[145]

TIR

1360

105

19-39

29

29

4 lab strains

[156]

 

Bari1

5

4

4

9.8

4 lab stocks

[157]

   

2-29

15.5

 

46 lab stocks and natural populations

[109]

 

H

24

8-60

34

27.0

17 inbred stocks, Azerbaidjan

[150]

   

25-27

26

 

natural populations, Greece

[158]

   

21

21

 

182 inbred lines

[145]

 

NOF

7

0-2

1

1.0

8 lab strains

[159]

 

S

51

24-91

57.5

57.5

10 lab stocks and natural populations

[160]

FB

FB

32

20-30

25

22.5

8 lab strains

[159]

   

20

20

 

182 inbred lines

[145]

  1. These data are illustrative of the published literature, not an exhaustive survey. The estimated range of copy number per family, range midpoint for each source, and midpoint averages across all sources are shown in columns 4, 5 and 6, respectively.
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