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Table 3 Summary of repeats identified in tuatara transcripts

From: De novo sequence assembly and characterisation of a partial transcriptome for an evolutionarily distinct reptile, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

Repeat type

Number of elements

Length occupied (nucleotides)

Percentage of sequence

Retroelements

792

112,220

0.75

 SINES:

177

19,814

0.13

 LINES:

488

76,335

0.51

  L2/CR1/Rex

459

72,305

0.48

  RTE/Bov-B

3

160

0.001

  L1/CIN4

25

3,655

0.025

 LTR elements:

127

16,071

0.11

  Bel/Pao

1

54

0.0004

  Ty1/Copia

6

1,490

0.01

  Gypsy/DIRS1

65

10,075

0.07

  Retroviral

52

4,252

0.03

DNA transposons

105

11,133

0.07

 Hobo-Activator

30

1,698

0.01

 Tc1-IS630-Pogo

6

732

0.005

 PiggyBac

15

2,039

0.01

 Tourist/Harbinger

1

59

0.0004

Unclassified interspersed repeat

15

1,187

0.008

Small RNA*

61

7,028

0.05

Satellites

44

5,917

0.04

Simple repeats

786

30,947

0.21

Low complexity

1072

48,337

0.32

  1. * tRNA and snRNA sequences (rRNAs removed).