Percent of genome that is transposable elements

Value 3.1 Percent
Organism Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster
Reference International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome. Nature. 2001 Feb 15409(6822):860-921PubMed ID11237011
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Comments Distribution of Drosophila genome interspersed repeats: DNA 0.7% LTR (Long Terminal Repeat) 1.5% LINE/SINE 0.7%
Entered by Uri M
ID 103841