Genome wide survey, discovery and evolution of repetitive elements in three Entamoeba species

BMC Genomics

Table 1 Distribution of transposable elements in E. histolytica, E. dispar and E. invadens

Element type	Genome distribution
	E. histolytica	E. dispar	E. invadens
Class I
LINE	+ (Eh_LINE1^a, Eh_LINE2^a, Eh_LINE3^a)	+ (Ed_LINE1^a, Ed_LINE2, Ed_LINE3)	+ (Ei_LINE^a)
SINE	+ (Eh_SINE1^a, Eh_SINE2^a, Eh_SINE3^a)	+ (Ed_SINE1^a, Ed_SINE2, Ed_SINE3)	-
Class II
mutator	+ (EMULE^a)	+ (EMULE^a)	+ (EMULE^a, phantom^a)
hAT	-	-	+ (Chapka^a)
mariner/Tc1	+ (Hydargos)	+ (Hydargos)	+ (Hydargos^a, Gemini^a, Piglet^a, Mogwai^a, Gizmo^a)
piggyBac	-	-	+ (leapFrog^a)
Unknown	+ (Eh_ERE1, EhERE2)	+ (Ed_ERE1)	+ (Ei_ERE1)

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