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Table 1 Number of TE families (F) and insertions (I) found in the genomes of D. melanogaster, D. simulans and D. yakuba

From: Widespread evidence for horizontal transfer of transposable elements across Drosophilagenomes

 

D. melanogaster

D. simulans

D. yakuba

Overall

 

F

I

F

I

F

I

F*

I

LTR RTs

59

578

37

71

58

225

85

874

Non-LTR RTs

25

245

14

82

22

106

36

433

DNA-transposons

13

78

6

32

7

19

20

129

Pooled

97

901

57

185

87

350

141

1,436

  1. *Families found in more than one species (orthologous) were counted only once.