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Table 1 Primer and target statistics

From: Design factors that influence PCR amplification success of cross-species primers among 1147 mammalian primer pairs

Parameter

valuea

number of primer pairs

1147

number with no IS-mismatches

955

spacing in human genome

2.3 +/- 2.4 Mb (0.0 – 23.2)

product sizeb

1130 +/- 514 bp (197 – 3862)

primer length

21.8 +/- 3.1 b (16 – 38)

annealing temperature

61.0 +/- 1.4°C (55.0 – 69.0)

introns crossed

1.08 +/- 0.36 (0 – 4)

  1. aFor values that vary, data are given as average +/- standard deviation or range.
  2. bThese values are based upon the human target.