Organism
Percentage of Genome
Arabidopsis thaliana
(plant)
10.5
Zea mays
(corn)
85.0
Caenorhabditis elegans
(worm)
6.5
Drosophila melanogaster
(fly)
3.1
Takifugu rubripes
(tiger pufferflsh)
2.7
Homo sapiens
(human)
44.4
Table 20.3:
Percentage of genome consisting of interspersed repeats derived from transposable elements