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Table 4 Characteristics and probable genesis of the most abundant SSR-couples in the whole genome

From: Survey of microsatellite clustering in eight fully sequenced species sheds light on the origin of compound microsatellites

 

H. sapiens

 

M. mulatta

motif

obs.1

or.2

%plus3

gen.4

motif

obs.1

or.2

%plus3

gen.4

AT-AC

5 975

134

(100)

s

AAAG-AAGG

5 659

870

100

s

AC-AG

5 456

173

28

s

AC-AG

5 628

169

31

s

AAAG-AAGG

5 149

844

100

s

AT-AC

5 205

173

(100)

s

A-AAAG

4 401

37

100

s

A-AAAG

4 481

32

100

s

AAGG-AGGG

4 325

2265

100

s

AAGG-AGGG

4 456

2311

100

s

A-AT

4 234

25

(100)

s

A-AT

3 505

26

(100)

s

A-AAAAG

3 263

50

100

s

A-AAAAG

3 296

42

100

s

AT-AG

2 025

133

(100)

s

AG-AAAG

2 582

222

100

s

AG-AAAG

1 750

161

100

s

AT-AG

1 618

146

(100)

s

AAAT-AAAAT

1 106

58

99

s

A-AG

1 547

11

95

s

 

M. musculus

 

R. norvegicus

AC-AG

38 006

94

48

s

AC-AG

42 254

103

50

s

AAAG-AAGG

15 941

943

100

s

AT-AC

7 963

48

(100)

s

AT-AC

11 459

69

(100)

s

AAAG-AAGG

6 248

1000

100

s

AAG-AGG

9 439

1983

100

s

AAG-AGG

4 662

1962

100

s

AAGG-AGGG

8 829

913

100

s

AC-ACAG

4 107

50

95

s

AG-AAAG

8 350

129

100

s

AG-AGGG

3 993

184

100

s

AG-AGGG

7 645

206

100

s

AG-ACAG

3 372

110

99

s

AAAC-AAAAC

3 877

59

100

s

AC-CG

3 013

308

(100)

s

AG-AAGG

3 763

83

100

?

AT-AG

2 654

43

(100)

s

A-AAAT

3 623

37

98

s

AC-ACGC

2 554

168

99

s

 

O. anatinus

 

G. gallus

AC-AG

476

267

4

s

A-AAAG

530

48

99

s

AT-AC

175

111

(100)

s

AAAC-AAAAC

412

74

100

s

AAT-ATC

113

11

14

s

AAAG-AAGG

341

1209

100

s

AT-AG

79

87

(100)

s

AT-AC

309

173

(100)

s

AAT-AATG

76

1

37

c

A-AC

293

21

98

s

AAT-AAT

71

1

(0)

s

AAC-AAAC

266

72

99

s

AATG-ACTG

65

38

98

s

A-AAAC

260

6

95

s

AATG-ATCC

37

79

0

s

AAGG-AGGG

254

5492

100

s

AATC-AATG

31

3

26

c/s

A-AAAAG

228

45

99

s

AG-AAAG

31

301

100

s

A-AAG

223

95

100

s

 

D. rerio

 

D. melanogaster

AT-AC

21 990

63

(100)

s

AAC-AGC

45

53

100

s

A-AT

11 172

48

(100)

s

A-AAT

23

20

57

s

ATAG-ACAG

10 370

1516

100

s

AT-AC

18

5

(100)

s

ATAG-ATCC

6 503

497

0

s

AT-ATAC

17

25

(100)

s

AAT-AAT

5 910

38

(0)

r/s

ATC-AGC

15

29

93

s

AT-ATAC

4 587

230

(100)

s

ACC-AGC

12

42

100

s

AC-AG

3 830

49

26

s

AAT-AAAT

12

68

100

s

AAT-ACT

3 685

316

84

s

AGC-AGG

8

29

88

s

AAT-AAC

3 624

204

91

s

AGC-AACAGC

7

69

100

s

AT-AAAT

2 973

17

(100)

s

AT-AAT

7

11

(100)

s

  1. 1observed number of SSR-couples having the given motif
  2. 2overrepresentation
  3. 3percent of the SSR-couples found in the plus-conformation (see Text). Values in brackets indicate that only the specified conformation is feasible (e.g.: SSR-Couples containing self complementary microsatellites)
  4. 4suggested genesis of the SSR-couple: c: chance; r: recombination; s: slippage; ?: unknown