Table 4.

Characterization of microsatellite motifs used in primer designing

Motif type	No	%	Motif sequence	No	%
DNR	212	13.78	AT/TA	161	75.94
			TC/GA	22	10.38
			AG/CT	19	8.96
			TG/CA	5	2.36
			AC/GT	4	1.89
			Others	1	0.47
TNR	648	42.13	AAT/ATT	127	19.6
			TAT/ATA	105	16.2
			TAA/TTA	83	12.81
			ATC/GAT	49	7.56
			TGA/TCA	47	7.25
			Others	237	36.57
TtNR	451	29.32	AAAT/ATTT	95	21.06
			TTTA/TAAA	58	12.86
			AATA/TATT	53	11.75
			TTAT/ATAA	53	11.75
			TTAA	25	5.54
			Others	167	37.03
PNR	128	8.32	ATTTT/AAAAT	14	10.94
			AATAA/TTATT	7	5.47
			TATTT/AAATA	6	4.69
			ATAAA/TTTAT	5	3.91
			AAATT/AATTT	5	3.91
			Others	91	71.09
HNR	99	6.44	AATATA	2	2.02
			AGACAC	2	2.02
			AGACAG	2	2.02
			CTTTCC	2	2.02
			GACACG	2	2.02
			Others	89	89.9
Total	1538	–	–	1538	–

DNR Di-nucleotide repeats, TNR Tri-nucleotide repeats, TtNR Tetra-nucleotide repeats, PNR Penta-nucleotide repeats, HNR Hexa-nucleotide repeats