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Table 2 The most frequent microsatellite motifs found in the genomes of Pteropus vampyrus and Miniopterus natalensis

From: Comparison of microsatellite distribution in the genomes of Pteropus vampyrus and Miniopterus natalensis (Chiroptera)

Motif length

Pteropus vampyrus

Miniopterus natalensis

Repeat unit

Microsatellites

Frequency (%)

Repeat unit

Microsatellites

Frequency (%)

Mononucleotide

A

241,850

97.94

A

133,249

92.00

G

5097

2.06

G

11,586

8.00

Dinucleotide

AC

95,909

58.75

AC

80,208

34.08

CT

37,060

22.70

CT

126,869

53.91

GC

1394

0.85

GC

467

0.20

TA

28,886

17.69

TA

27,800

11.81

Trinucleotide

CAA

11,151

30.53

TAT

8458

40.36

TAT

9997

27.37

CAA

3341

15.94

CAT

4202

11.51

CAT

2508

11.97

GAG

2974

8.14

ACC

2380

11.36

Tetranucleotide

AAAC

10,035

22.82

TTTA

7092

21.83

ATAG

6429

14.62

ATAG

5488

16.89

CATT

5268

11.98

CATT

3802

11.70

TTTA

4488

10.21

CCTT

3721

11.45

Pentanucleotide

AACAA

8277

54.68

AACAA

2623

25.42

TTATT

2174

14.36

TTATT

2515

24.37

TTTCT

851

5.62

TTTCT

621

6.02

CCACC

295

1.95

AGGGA

606

5.87

Hexanucleotide

AAACAA

1561

22.87

GAGAGG

604

12.79

GGGTTA

1282

18.78

TATCTA

271

5.74

CTGTCT

442

6.47

CTGTCT

261

5.53

TATCTA

414

6.06

GGGTTA

215

4.55