Table 4. BLAST results for repeat sequences among the 18 species.

Repeat name	Group no.	Z. mays	S. bicolor	T. aestivum	O. sativa	V. vinifera	M. indica	G. max	R. communis	A. thaliana	B. napus	G. hirsutum	C. sativus	C. arabica	H. annuus	O. europaea	P. ginseng	N. tabacum	P. occidentalis
R1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	1		1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1
R2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	1
R3	4															1
R4	4																	1
R5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
R6	1	2	2	2		3	4	2	5	1	1	2	3	4	2	1	1	2	4
R7	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	3		1	1		4	2	1	1	2	1
R8	3					1										1	1	1
R9	3								2			2		2	2	2
R10	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
R11	2					2	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2		2	2
R12	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
R13	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
R14	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
R15	2					2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	2
R16	3					2	2		4					2		2	8	2
R17	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: – represents no hits. Sesame repeat sequences were used as the query. The number in the table indicates the number of hits of a repeat in the cp genome for a given species.