Rapid microsatellite development for tree peony and its implications

BMC Genomics

Table 2 Microsatellite motif length distribution

Plant species	Number of motif repeats						Total	Percent
Plant species	Mono	Di-	Tri-	Tetra-	Penta-	Hexa-	Total	Percent
B. distachyon	30,573	9,407	10625	990	196	84	51875	2.45
S. bicolor	55,906	38,138	28480	5368	946	726	129564	5.4
O. sativa	64,734	37,282	29189	2565	604	261	135265	2.54
A. thaliana	34,843	9386	5596	169	41	57	50092	0.53
M. truncatula	1,20,383	20999	9647	1079	216	137	152461	0.94
P. trichocarpa	194,557	54304	25130	3178	772	665	278606	1.66
*P. suffruticosa*	4560	185911	27235	18953	99	376	237134	--

Data for B. distachyon, S. bicolor, O. sativa, A. thaliana, M. truncatula, and P. trichocarpa were obtained from Sonah et al. 2011 (PLoS One, 6: 1–9).
--: the percent was not calculated due to the Genome of P. suffruticosa was unkown.

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