Characterization of a new high copy Stowaway family MITE, BRAMI-1 in Brassica genome

BMC Plant Biology

Table 1 Summary of observed and predicted copy numbers of the BRAMI- 1 elements in Brassica relatives

MITE	BRAMI-1			ATTIRTA-1
	B. oleracea	B. rapa	B. napus	A. thaliana
Database type	GSS	Pseudo-chromosomes	GSS	Whole genome
Database size	470 Mb	256 Mb	15 Mb	119 Mb
Total copies	399	697	11	70
(>80% similarity)	123	401	4	34
Average length of the GSS sequence	700 bp	N/A	700 bp	N/A
Estimated Genome Size [30]	696 Mb	529 Mb	1132 Mb	157 Mb
Estimated copies in the whole genome	1464	1440	2490	44

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