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Table 3 Effects of data quantity on microsatellite discovery based on genomic data (k-mer size = 65)

From: Microsatellite development from genome skimming and transcriptome sequencing: comparison of strategies and lessons from frog species

 

Amolops mantzorum

Quasipaa boulengeri

Full

1/2

1/4

1/8

1/16

Full

1/2

1/4

1/8

1/16

Data in megabases (Mb)

5200

2600

1300

650

327

4700

2400

1200

580

294

Microsatellite loci

11,116

6511

3665

1929

1043

17,942

10,907

6317

3448

1883

Max RRLa (bp)

64

64

60

60

60

66

66

65

65

63

Loci with RRL > 40 bp

241

138

74

36

23

940

561

345

196

118

Mean RRL

18.8

18.8

18.7

18.7

18.6

21.4

21.3

21.3

21.3

21.2

Dinucleotides

8794

5171

2871

1517

836

11,527

7123

4215

2272

1289

Trinucleotides

1640

943

550

300

145

4891

2832

1575

889

447

Tetranucleotides

609

358

219

98

55

1361

854

460

266

140

Pentanucleotides

55

29

18

11

5

127

76

54

18

6

Hexannucleotides

18

10

7

3

2

36

22

13

3

1

  1. a RRL repeat region length, is the length of repeat units