Genome-wide survey and analysis of microsatellites in giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), with a focus on the applications of a novel microsatellite marker system

Table 1 Distribution of microsatellite with respect to motif length in the giant panda genome

Motif length (bp)	Mono-	Di-	Tri-	Tetra-	Pentra-	Hexa-	Total
No.	415,195	223,765	35,917	154,677	23,167	2,337	855,058
Length (bp)	6,166,765	4,223,706	636,042	3,206,684	625,100	625,100	61,692
Abundance(No./Mbp)	180.54	97.3	15.62	67.26	10.07	1.02	371.81
Percent of each repeat(%^a)	48.56%	26.17%	4.20%	18.09%	2.71%	0.3%

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