Population analysis of retrotransposons in giraffe genomes supports RTE decline and widespread LINE1 activity in Giraffidae

Table 1 Numbers of species- and subspecies-specific insertions of L1-1_Gir and RTE-1_Gir retrotransposons in giraffe genomes

Species	L1-1_Gir	RTE-1_Gir	Combined
Northern giraffe	35,435	5821	41,256
-Kordofan	11,872	1947	13,819
-Nubian	11,844	1948	13,792
-West African	11,629	1926	13,555
Reticulated giraffe	26,141	4009	30,150
Southern giraffe	28,404	3943	32,347
-Angolan	13,201	1777	14,978
-South African	15,203	2166	17,369
Masai giraffe sensu lato	31,347	4515	35,862
-Masai sensu stricto	16,677	2310	18,987
-Luangwa	14,670	2205	16,875
Total	121,237	18,288	139,525

Northern giraffe (G. camelopardalis), Kordofan giraffe (G. c. antiquorum), Nubian giraffe (G. c. camelopardalis), West African giraffe (G. c. peralta); Reticulated giraffe (G. reticulata); Southern giraffe (G. giraffa), Angolan giraffe (G. g. angolensis), South African giraffe (G. g. giraffa); Masai giraffe sensu lato (G. tippelskirchi), Masai giraffe sensu stricto (G. t. tippelskirchi), Luangwa giraffe (G. t. thornicrofti)

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