Table 4.

Frequency distribution of the di- and tri-nucleotide repeat motifs in the Gynostemma.

Serial No.	Repeat Motif	Number of Reiterations of the Motif								Total
		5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	AG/CT	#	456	285	217	189	192	81	3	1423
2	AAG/CTT	576	358	137	6	0	0	0	0	1077
3	ATC/ATG	159	74	25	0	0	0	0	0	258
4	AT/AT	#	95	54	36	18	14	2	1	220
5	AAT/ATT	97	50	19	2	0	0	0	0	168
6	AGG/CCT	90	41	12	1	0	0	0	0	144
7	AGC/CTG	83	24	9	1	0	0	0	0	117
8	ACC/GGT	52	32	6	1	0	0	0	0	91
9	AAC/GTT	49	24	14	2	0	0	0	0	89
13	CCG/CGG	49	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	69
10	AC/GT	#	28	17	10	4	3	0	1	63
11	ACG/CGT	24	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	34
12	ACT/AGT	15	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	24
14	CG/CG	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	Other motifs *	95	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	113
	Total	1289	1233	583	278	211	209	83	5	3891

Note: * indicated tetra-, penta-, and hexa-nucleotide motifs in our study; # means that this item was not considered when detecting EST-SSRs.