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Table 1 Summary of variants and non-variants detected in the WGS dataset divided according to unit length of the repeat.

From: Marked variation in predicted and observed variability of tandem repeat loci across the human genome

Repeat class

Variants (%)

Non-variants (%)

Mean population size

s.d. population size

Mean Het,

s.d. Het.

2-mers

58686 (76.2)

18369 (23.8)

5.53

6.05

0.40

0.26

3-mers

6928 (55.0)

5676 (45.0)

5.65

4.81

0.27

0.27

4-mers

27413 (54.1)

23299 (45.9)

5.71

5.05

0.27

0.27

5-mers

7478 (35.5)

13603 (64.5)

5.76

4.67

0.17

0.24

6-mers

2338 (21.3)

8638 (78.7)

5.66

6.66

0.09

0.19

7–12 mers

3400 (9.2)

33386 (90.8)

7.64

158.18

0.04

0.13

Overall

106243 (50.8)

102971 (49.2)

5.98

66.53

0.26

0.28