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