A subtelomeric non-LTR retrotransposon Hebe in the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga is subject to inactivation by deletions but not 5' truncations

Table 1 Characteristics of Hebe copies.

Copy	No. of fosmids	Stop codon	5' truncation	3' truncation	Internal deletion	Genomic environment
A	4	-	-	-	-	Tandem repeats
B	2	-	-	-	-	Leucine rich repeat protein
C	1	?	?	-	-	No significant hits
D	2	+	-	-	-	DNA TE, piggyBac-like
E	3	-	-	-	-	No significant hits
F	6	+	-	+	+	Tandem repeats (=G)
G	6	+	-	-	+	Tandem repeats (=F)
H	2	+	-	+	+	TPR protein
I	4	?	?	-	-	Kelch repeat; Fungal ORF
J	3	-	-	-	+	TPR repeat protein
K	2	-	-	+	-	Telomere; telomeric repeats
L	2	-	-	+	+	LTR TE (=M)
M	1	-	-	+	+	LTR TE (=L)
N	1	?	?	-	+	No significant hits
O	4	-	-	+	+	Telomeric repeats

See Additional File 2 for sequences of copies A-O.
?, copies truncated by cloning.
TE, transposable element; TPR, tetratricopeptide repeat; ORF, open reading frame; LTR, long terminal repeat.

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