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Table 3 Satellite families

From: High evolutionary turnover of satellite families in Caenorhabditis

Species

Nr. satellites

Number of families

Total

>9

3-9

2

1

C.elegans

1779

364

26

64

57

217

C.briggsae

2788

275

24

51

40

160

C.brenneri

1643

403

31

82

77

213

C.remanei

1608

347

29

71

51

196

M.hapla

671

304

7

52

68

177

  1. Satellite families are classified by the number of members in each family. Satellites which have not been aligned with any other satellite in the same species are considered as families with one member