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Table 2 Comparison of LTR retrotransposons in orthologous regions of maize, rice, and sorghum

From: Retrotranspositions in orthologous regions of closely related grass species

Region

Marker Genes

Length (Kb)

LTR

Nested LTR

Fragemented

Solo LTR

    

Single Layer

Multi-Layer

LTR

 

orp1/orp2

orp1

358

20

yes

yes

1

1

 

orp2

286

11

yes

yes

2

1

 

sorghum ortholog

202

0

no

no

  
 

rice ortholog

133

6

no

no

  

r1/b1

r1

290

18

yes

no

  
 

b1

206

12

yes

no

 

2

 

sorghum ortholog

157

0

no

no

  
 

rice ortholog

250

2

no

no

  

c1/pl1

c1

331

14

yes

yes

1

2

 

pl1

316

11

yes

yes

2

 
 

sorghum ortholog

144

2

yes

no

  
 

rice ortholog

123

0

no

no

  

tb1/tb2

tb1

220

11

yes

no

2

 
 

tb2

141

7

yes

no

1

1

 

sorghum ortholog

78

1

no

no

  
 

rice ortholog

139

0

no

no

  

tbp1/tbp2

tbp1

212

7

yes

yes

  
 

tbp2

194

9

yes

yes

2

 
 

sorghum ortholog

100

0

no

no

  
 

rice ortholog

153

1

no

no

  

Total

maize

2554

120

yes

yes

11

7

 

sorghum

681

3

yes

no

0

0

 

rice

798

9

no

no

0

0

 

all together

4033

132

  

11

7