Figure 1

Assembling the retroelement dataset. (a) Flow chart for the generation of the dataset. The shaded region denotes steps coordinated by the RetroMap software. (Eprobe refers to a BLAST query sequence) (b) LTR prediction. The innermost direct repeats identified in sequences flanking the original BLAST hit are assigned as LTRs. The repeats delimit the boundaries of the full-length LTR retrotransposons.