Table 1 Percentage of introns with classified into repetitive families. Class/family 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DNA:Chapaev-Chap3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 13% – – DNA:DNA – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 35% DNA:En-Spm – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 14% DNA:Harbinger – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 21% 11% DNA:MER1_type – 21% 19% 16% – 21% – 12% 11% 12% – – – – – – DNA:T2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16% – DNA:TcMar-Tc1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 15% DNA:TcMar-Tigger 10% – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – DNA:hAT – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 23% DNA:hAT-Ac – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 11% DNA:hAT-Charlie 21% – – – 19% – 20% – – – 17% – – – 12% 20% LINE:CR1 – – – – – – – – – – 23% – 19% – – – LINE:L1 27% 27% 27% 27% 27% 27% 26% 23% 20% 20% 30% – – – – – LINE:L2 27% 27% 25% 21% 25% 29% 26% – – 13% 36% 54% – – – – LINE:Penelope – – – – – – – – – – – – – 12% – – LINE:RTE – – – 13% – – – – – – 13% – – – – – LINE:RTE-BovB – – – – – – 18% – – – – – – – – – LTR:ERV1 – – – – – – – – – – 18% – – – – – LTR:ERVL-MaLR 14% – – – – – 15% – – – – – – – – – LTR:MaLR – 13% 13% – – 11% – 19% 17% 13% – – – – – – SINE:Alu 49% 49% 51% – – – – – – – – – – – – – SINE:B1 – – – – – – – 41% 35% 37% – – – – – – SINE:B2 – – – – – – – 31% 30% – – – – – – – SINE:B4 – – – – – – – 32% 30% 26% – – – – – – SINE:BovA – – – 36% – – – – – – – – – – – – SINE:ID – – – – – – – 12% 22% – – – – – – – SINE:MIR 35% 36% 36% 29% 33% 37% 35% 15% 13% 21% 62% 57% – – – – SINE:SINE – – – 20% – 28% 45% – – – 25% – – – – – SINE:Sauria – – – – – – – – – – – – – 15% – – SINE:V – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 12% SINE:tRNA-Glu – – – 16% – – – – – – – – – – – – SINE:tRNA-Lys – – – – 34% – – – – – – – – – – – Satellite:Satellite – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16% Simple repeat:Simple repeat 27% 26% 27% 20% 24% 17% 18% 44% 40% 26% 31% 20% 13% 30% 14% 34% Notes: The percentages are fractions of introns with the selected repeats over all introns in the listed species and only those greater than 10% are showed in the table. The species codes are: 1, human; 2, orangutan; 3, macaque; 4, cow; 5, panda; 6, horse; 7, elephant; 8, mouse; 9, rat; 10, guinea pig; 11, opossum; 12, platypus; 13, chicken; 14, anole; 15, frog; and 16, zebrafish.