High-utility conserved avian microsatellite markers enable parentage and population studies across a wide range of species

Table 1 Identification of avian microsatellite sequences of high cross-species utility*

Motif		ZF		CH	ZF-CH consensus sequences created		Primer sets designed
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
AT/TA	3,586	56	2,700	41	16	38	4	17
CA/GT	2,329	36	2,711	41	22	52	16	67
GA/CT	543	8	1,169	18	4	10	4	17
GC/CG	0	0	1	<0.1	0	0	0	0
Total	6,458		6,581		42		24

*possessing at least eight dinucleotide repeat units and based on a search of the zebra finch (ZF) and chicken (CH) genomes using the marker development criteria outlined in the Methods section.

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