Describe the general relationship between total genome size

Describe the general relationship between total genome size and the proportion of the genome that encodes mobile genetic elements for plants and animals.

Solution

The general relationship between total genome size and the proportion of the genome that encodes mobile genetic elements for plants and animals is variable, it is as low as 3% in small genomes and can be as high as 85% in large genomes, thus suggesting the fact that mobile genetic elements i.e. transposable element content is a linear function of genome size.