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Table 4 List of 39 canonical HERV clades found in GRCh37/hg19

From: Classification and characterization of human endogenous retroviruses; mosaic forms are common

Tax-order

HERV clade

Nr of HERV sequencesa

Repbase identifiersb

Previously estimated nr of copiesc

Canonical

Non-canonical

 

Class I, Gamma-like

10100

 Supergroup MLLV*

10110

  HERVT

21

12

HERVS71/LTR6

80

10200

 Supergroup HERVERI

10210

  HERVE

41

107

HERVE/LTR2

250

10230

  HERV3

20

37

HERV3/LTR4

100

10240

  HERV1

2

11

HERV1

NA

10250

  HERVI

3

13

HERVI/LTR10

250 (together w. HERVIP)

10300

 Supergroup HERVW9

10310

  HERVW

40

86

HERV17/LTR17

40

10320

  HERV9

114

171

HERV9/LTR12

300

10400

 Supergroup HERVIPADP

10410

  HERVIP

67

72

HERVIP10F/LTR10F

250 (together with HERVI)

10420

  HERVADP

16

8

HERVP71A_1/LTR71

40

10600

 Supergroup HERVHF

10610

  HERVH

531

500

HERVH/LTR7

1000

10620

  HERVH48

16

8

HERVH48I/MER48

60

10630

  HERVFA

8

7

HERVFH19/LTR19

45

10640

  HERVFB

8

14

HERVFH21/LTR21A

30

10650

  HERVFC

2

3

HERV46I/LTR46

6d

10660

  LTR46

8

2

LTR46-in/LTR46

NA

10700

 Supergroup HERVFRDlike

10710

  HERVFRD

1

10

ERV3-1-i/LTR58

MER50

NA

10720

  PRIMA41

3

17

PRIMA41/MER41

40

10740

  HERV1_artiodact

2

7

NA

NA

10750

  PABL

2

8

PABL_BI/PABL_A, PABL_B

8

10760

  HERV4

8

23

NA

NA

10800

 Supergroup HEPSI

10820

  HEPSI2

2

4

NA

NA

10830

  HEPSI3

1

5

NA

NA

10852

  MER65

1

1

MER65/MER65C

NA

10882

  PRIMA4

3

4

PRIMA4

NA

10900

 Supergroup HUERSP

10910

  HUERSP1

1

3

HUERSP1/LTR8

200 (together with other HUERSP)

10920

  HUERSP2

10

12

HUERSP2/LTR1_LTR28

See above

10930

  HUERSP3

16

40

HUERSP3/LTR9

See above

 

Class II Beta-like

 

 Supergroup HML

20010

  HML1

9

45

HERVK14I/LTR14

70

20020

  HML2

19

70

HERVK/LTR5

91e

20030

  HML3

31

151

HERVK9I/MER9

150

20040

  HML4

7

5

HERVK13I/LTR13

10

20050

  HML5

27

69

HERVK22/LTR22

100

20060

  HML6

17

48

HERVK31/LTR3

50

20070

  HML7

9

5

HERVK11DI/MER11D

20

20080

  HML8

34

24

HERVK11I/MER11A

60

20090

  HML9

10

9

HERVK(14C)/LTR14C

25

20100

  HML10

2

7

HERVKC4/LTR14

10

 

Class III Spuma-like

 

 Supergroup HSERVIII

30100

  HERVL

86

75

HERVL (HERVL/MLT2)

200

30200

  HERVS

16

4

HERVS (HERV18/LTR18)

50

  1. Only groups and supergroups with at least one canonical chain are included. Additional file 6: List S6 is more comprehensive
  2. aNumber of canonical and non-canonical HERV sequences identified in this study (see details in the main text)
  3. bsee Bannert and Kurth [8] and Mager and Medstrand [56]
  4. csee Mager and Medstrand [56]
  5. dsee Bénit et al. [97]
  6. esee Subramanian et al. [98]