Table 2 Frequency of class I (A) and class II (B) microsatellites per million base pairs in genomic sequences of six plant species (adapted from comparisons between five species performed [41])
A) Class I (≥ 20 bp total length) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||
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Species | Total sequence length (Mbp) | G:C content | †Mono- | Di- | Tri- | Tetra- | Penta- | Hexa- | Hepta- | Octa- | Average distance (kbp) |
Lupinus angustifolius | 8.89* | 38.0 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 § |
Medicago truncatula | 77.13 | 33.4 | 19.7 | 37.5 | 9.5 | 4 | 6 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
Glycine max | 20.15 | 36.0 | 6.1 | 63 | 43.2 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 7.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
Lotus japonicus | 26.92 | 36.6 | 1.2 | 24 | 11.4 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 1 | 0.6 |
Arabidopsis thaliana | 119.10 | 36.0 | 11.7 | 21.4 | 9.1 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
Oryzae sativa | 474.66 | 43.5 | 2.3 | 29.8 | 13.9 | 7 | 7.9 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
B) Class II (< 20 bp total length) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||
Species | Total sequence length (Mbp) | G:C content | Mono- | Di- | Tri- | Tetra- | Penta- | Hexa- | Hepta- | Octa- | Average distance (Kbp) |
Lupinus angustifolius | 8.89* | 38.0 | 179.6 | 16.3 | 39.3 | 56.4 | 149.7 | 464.3 | 149.4 | 46.8 | 51.0 § |
Medicago truncatula | 77.13 | 33.4 | 184.2 | 43.7 | 98.8 | 128.2 | 44.1 | 812.7 | 270.6 | 88.1 | 12.1 |
Glycine max | 20.15 | 36.0 | 75.9 | 52.4 | 96.5 | 119.9 | 31.4 | 749.4 | 256.7 | 73.5 | 7.8 |
Lotus japonicus | 26.92 | 36.6 | 62.7 | 47 | 118.4 | 101.1 | 36.3 | 821.5 | 284.2 | 85.9 | 16.9 |
Arabidopsis thaliana | 119.10 | 36.0 | 103 | 57.5 | 138 | 92.2 | 29.1 | 732.4 | 223.1 | 70.4 | 18.4 |
Oryzae sativa | 474.66 | 43.5 | 44.8 | 69.3 | 204.7 | 127.6 | 37.9 | 804.1 | 232.6 | 85.3 | 14.7 |