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. 2008 Dec 17;9:612. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-612

Table 4.

Characteristics and probable genesis of the most abundant SSR-couples in the whole genome

H. sapiens M. mulatta
motif obs.1 or.2 %plus3 gen.4 motif obs.1 or.2 %plus3 gen.4
AT-AC 5 975 134 (100) s AAAG-AAGG 5 659 870 100 s
AC-AG 5 456 173 28 s AC-AG 5 628 169 31 s
AAAG-AAGG 5 149 844 100 s AT-AC 5 205 173 (100) s
A-AAAG 4 401 37 100 s A-AAAG 4 481 32 100 s
AAGG-AGGG 4 325 2265 100 s AAGG-AGGG 4 456 2311 100 s
A-AT 4 234 25 (100) s A-AT 3 505 26 (100) s
A-AAAAG 3 263 50 100 s A-AAAAG 3 296 42 100 s
AT-AG 2 025 133 (100) s AG-AAAG 2 582 222 100 s
AG-AAAG 1 750 161 100 s AT-AG 1 618 146 (100) s
AAAT-AAAAT 1 106 58 99 s A-AG 1 547 11 95 s

M. musculus R. norvegicus
AC-AG 38 006 94 48 s AC-AG 42 254 103 50 s
AAAG-AAGG 15 941 943 100 s AT-AC 7 963 48 (100) s
AT-AC 11 459 69 (100) s AAAG-AAGG 6 248 1000 100 s
AAG-AGG 9 439 1983 100 s AAG-AGG 4 662 1962 100 s
AAGG-AGGG 8 829 913 100 s AC-ACAG 4 107 50 95 s
AG-AAAG 8 350 129 100 s AG-AGGG 3 993 184 100 s
AG-AGGG 7 645 206 100 s AG-ACAG 3 372 110 99 s
AAAC-AAAAC 3 877 59 100 s AC-CG 3 013 308 (100) s
AG-AAGG 3 763 83 100 ? AT-AG 2 654 43 (100) s
A-AAAT 3 623 37 98 s AC-ACGC 2 554 168 99 s

O. anatinus G. gallus
AC-AG 476 267 4 s A-AAAG 530 48 99 s
AT-AC 175 111 (100) s AAAC-AAAAC 412 74 100 s
AAT-ATC 113 11 14 s AAAG-AAGG 341 1209 100 s
AT-AG 79 87 (100) s AT-AC 309 173 (100) s
AAT-AATG 76 1 37 c A-AC 293 21 98 s
AAT-AAT 71 1 (0) s AAC-AAAC 266 72 99 s
AATG-ACTG 65 38 98 s A-AAAC 260 6 95 s
AATG-ATCC 37 79 0 s AAGG-AGGG 254 5492 100 s
AATC-AATG 31 3 26 c/s A-AAAAG 228 45 99 s
AG-AAAG 31 301 100 s A-AAG 223 95 100 s

D. rerio D. melanogaster
AT-AC 21 990 63 (100) s AAC-AGC 45 53 100 s
A-AT 11 172 48 (100) s A-AAT 23 20 57 s
ATAG-ACAG 10 370 1516 100 s AT-AC 18 5 (100) s
ATAG-ATCC 6 503 497 0 s AT-ATAC 17 25 (100) s
AAT-AAT 5 910 38 (0) r/s ATC-AGC 15 29 93 s
AT-ATAC 4 587 230 (100) s ACC-AGC 12 42 100 s
AC-AG 3 830 49 26 s AAT-AAAT 12 68 100 s
AAT-ACT 3 685 316 84 s AGC-AGG 8 29 88 s
AAT-AAC 3 624 204 91 s AGC-AACAGC 7 69 100 s
AT-AAAT 2 973 17 (100) s AT-AAT 7 11 (100) s

1observed number of SSR-couples having the given motif

2overrepresentation

3percent of the SSR-couples found in the plus-conformation (see Text). Values in brackets indicate that only the specified conformation is feasible (e.g.: SSR-Couples containing self complementary microsatellites)

4suggested genesis of the SSR-couple: c: chance; r: recombination; s: slippage; ?: unknown