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. 2014 Jan 23;9(1):e86039. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086039

Table 5. Identification of simple sequence repeats: their distribution and primer design for chickpea genetics and breeding applications.

Total number of sequences examined 46,369
Total size of examined sequences (bp) 44,740,166
Total number of identified SSRs 5,342
Number of SSR containing TACs 4,373
Number of TAC containing more than 1 SSR 734
Number of SSRs present in compound formation 472
Distribution to different repeat type classes (excluding mono-nucleotide repeats)
Number of di-nucleotide repeats 2,094
Number of tri-nucleotide repeats 2,993
Number of tetra-nucleotide repeats 113
Number of penta-nucleotide repeats 56
Number of hexa-nucleotide repeats 86
Primer pairs for SSRs
TACs were used to design primer pairs 2,231
Total numbers of primer pairs designed 2,474