Table 1 Global coverage and density of the microsatellite loci identified in five nematode genomes

Sequence analyzed (bp)

86,061,872

53,017,507

100,269,510

169,747,139

95,814,443

GC content (in %)

31.4

27.4

35.4

42.5

30.5

Number of microsatellite loci

4,880

2,842

11,382

20,694

61,547

Average density of loci (no./Mbp)

56.7

53.6

113.5

121.9

642.4

Total length of microsatellites (bp)

80,756

45,649

206,492

390,067

1,151,454

Coverage (length in bp/Mbp)

938.3

861.4

2,059.4

2,297.9

12,017.5

Genome content (in %)

0.09

0.09

0.21

0.23

1.20