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Table 4 Amino acid divergences and evolutionary rates in the CR1 and Jockey clades.

From: CR1 clade of non-LTR retrotransposons from Maculinea butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): evidence for recent horizontal transmission

Non-LTR retrotransposons

LCA (divergence time in MYA)

Amino Acid Divergence (%)

Evolutionary rate (10-9)

CR1 clade

   

   Q Anopheles versus worf Drosophila

260

68.2

1.70

   T1 Anopheles versus worf Drosophila

260

66.3

1.52

   BmCR1B Bombyx versus CR1B Maculinea

140

2.7

0.061

   SoriCR1A Scolitantides versus CR1A Maculinea

10

2.3

1.2

   BmCR1B Bombyx versus OcaCR1B Oberthueria

10

4.6

1.7

   MteQ M. teleius versus Q Anopheles

350

60.0

1.29

Jockey clade

   

   Jockey D. melanogaster versus Jockey D. funebris

40

24.7

3.55

   AMY B. mori versus Helena D. mauritiana

350

52.4

1.00

   JuanA Aedes versus Jockey D. melanogaster

~250

60.5

1.79

   NLR1Cth Chironomus versus Jockey D. melanogaster

~250

56

1.59

   NLR1Cth Chironomus versus AMY B. mori

350

67.4

1.22