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Table 2 Number and coverage of transposable elements in E. histolytica, E. dispar and E. invadens

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

name

completea

incompletea

coverage (bp)

coverage (%)b

Eh_LINE1

88

654

1079630

5.2%

Eh_LINE2

73

442

759971

3.7%

Eh_LINE3

10

87

160940

0.8%

Eh_SINE1

264

181

187972

0.9%

Eh_SINE2

94

162

108195

0.5%

Eh_SINE3

9

40

18851

0.1%

Eh_ERE1

0

777

1014754

4.9%

Eh_ERE2

71

728

733987

3.5%

Eh_MuDR

0

4

2851

< 0.1%

Eh_mariner

0

1

1008

< 0.1%

Eh_TOTAL

609

3047

4068159

19.7%

Ed_LINE1

63

510

839108

3.7%

Ed_LINE2

28

449

506244

2.2%

Ed_LINE3

2

42

46734

0.2%

Ed_SINE1

282

143

208941

0.9%

Ed_SINE2

53

136

73091

0.3%

Ed_SINE3

2

16

2497

< 0.1%

Ed_ERE1

51

536

526451

2.3%

Ed_MuDR

0

4

2075

< 0.1%

Ed_mariner

0

1

1011

< 0.1%

Ed_TOTAL

481

1837

2206152

9.7%

Ei_LINE

2

67

59,308

0.1%

Ei_ERE1

30

227

170,510

0.4%

Ei_DDE

328

2607

1,678,976

4.1%

Ei_mariner

390

1400

822,878

2.0%

Ei_hAT

35

755

464,161

1.1%

Ei_MuDR

49

831

522,116

1.3%

Ei_Polinton

5

126

336,005

0.8%

Ei_piggyBac

14

32

27,894

0.1%

Ei_TOTAL

677

6082

4033163

9.9%

  1. a Repeats were considered complete when their length was at least 90% of the consensus sequence.
  2. b Expressed as percentage of the corresponding genome length.