Genome-wide comparative analysis of the Brassica rapa gene space reveals genome shrinkage and differential loss of duplicated genes after whole genome triplication

Table 3 Comparison of repetitive sequences identified in the B. rapa sequence contigs and euchromatic counterparts in the A. thaliana genome

	Genome coverage (%)*
Family	B. rapa	A. thaliana
SINEs	0.1	0.0
LINEs	1.3	0.3
LTRs	2.4	0.8
DNA transposons	2.2	1.6
Satellites	0.4	0.0
Low complexity repetitive sequences	4.4	1.0
Other^†	0.4	0.1
Total	11.2	3.8

*Genome coverage was calculated using 65.8 Mbp for B. rapa and 75.3 Mbp for the euchromatic counterpart of A. thaliana. ^†This refers to simple sequence repeats and short tandem repeats. LINE, long interspersed element; SINE, short interspersed element.

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