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Table 1 Standard oligonucleotide filters used in this work.

From: Experimental analysis of oligonucleotide microarray design criteria to detect deletions by comparative genomic hybridization

Oligonucleotide property

Condition for elimination

Repeat sequences

Presence

Constituent 20-mers

Non-uniqueness

Homopolymers

Length > 5

Melting temperature

More than 5°C from median

Self-folding energy

< -1 kcal/mol

Similarity with other genomic location

> 70%

15-mer count

> median