Table 4.

The di- to hexanucleotide microsatellites found in the genome of Meloidogyne incognita

Motif length	Motif	Iteration				Total no. (%)	Longest locus
		≤10a	11-20	21-30	>30
2	AC	37	7	1	1	46 (2.05)	(AC)51
	AG	82	14	1	-	97 (4.32)	2× (AG)21
	AT	44	7	1	1	53 (2.36)	(AT)47
3	AAC	934	1	-	-	935 (41.65)	(AAC)11
	AAG	211	-	-	-	211 (9.40)	2× (AAG)10
	AAT	346	3	-	-	349 (15.55)	(AAT)14
	ACC	83	-	-	-	83 (3.70)	3x (ACC)9
	ACT	67	-	-	-	67 (2.98)	2× (ACT)10
	AGG	134	1	-	-	135 (6.01)	(AGG)11
	ACG	14	-	-	-	14 (0.62)	14x (ACG)5
	CGG	2	-	-	-	2 (0.09)	2× (CGG)5
4	AAAC	6	-	-	-	6 (0.27)	(AAAC)7
	AAAT	110	3	1	1	115 (5.12)	(AAAT)41
	AAAG	1	-	-	-	1 (0.04)	(AAAG)6
	AATT	53	-	-	-	53 (2.36)	(AATT)10
	AAGG	3	-	-	-	3 (0.13)	(AAGG)10
	AGGG	13	-	-	-	13 (0.58)	2× (AGGG)10
	AGGT	4	1	-	9	14 (0.62)	(AGGT)124
	AGTT	1	-	-	-	1 (0.04)	(AGTT)5
	ACGT	1	-	-	-	1 (0.04)	(ACGT)5
	AACT	1	-	-	-	1 (0.04)	(AACT)7
	AACG	3	-	-	-	3 (0.13)	3x (AACG)5
	GGGT	1	-	-	-	1 (0.04)	(GGGT)5
	ACTT	1	-	-	-	1 (0.04)	(ACTT)5
5	AAATT	3	-	-	-	3 (0.13)	(AAATT)7
	AAACG	24	-	-	-	24 (1.07)	(AAACG)6
	AAAAG	1	-	-	-	1 (0.04)	(AAAAG)5
	CCTTT	1	-	-	-	1 (0.04)	(CCTTT)5
	AAGGG	2	-	-	-	2 (0.09)	(AAGGG)5
	AGGGG	1	-	-	-	1 (0.04)	(AGGGG)5
	AGTTT	1	-	-	-	1 (0.04)	(AGTTT)5
	CGGTT	1	-	-	-	1 (0.04)	(CGGTT)5
6	AAAAAT	2	-	-	-	2 (0.09)	2× (AAAAAT)5
	AAATTT	1	-	-	-	1 (0.04)	(AAATTT)5
	ACGGGG	1	-	-	-	1 (0.04)	(ACGGGG)7
	AACGGT	2	-	-	-	2 (0.09)	2× (AACGGT)5
	Total	2192	37	4	12	2245

^aFor dinucleotides, n ≥ 8; for tri- to hexanucleotides, n ≥ 5.