Computational and Experimental Analysis of Microsatellites in Rice (Oryza sativa L.): Frequency, Length Variation, Transposon Associations, and Genetic Marker Potential

Table 2.

Characteristics of Rice Microsatellites and Efficiency of SSR Marker Development

Class of microsatellite markers No. primer pairs ordered Mean no.repeats in SSR Mean GC% in flanking regions Rate of successful amplification Percent of polymorphic SSRs No. mapped markers
GA 130 15.0 44 83.8% 80.7 88
CA 32 12.1 38 71.8% 73.9 17
AT 63 22.3 39 31.7% 80.0 16
GC-rich TNRs 45 7.8 54 64.4% 65.5 18
ATT 23 17.6 36 78.3% 72.2 13
GAA 23 12.7 47 87.0% 80.0 16
CAT and CAA 12 8.8 50 83.3% 70.0 7
Tetranucleotides 42 6.1 41 71.4% 60.0 18
(TA)n(CA)n 12 39.8 39 58.3% 100 7
TOTAL 382 200
  • The number includes 362 primer pairs ordered for BAC-end derived SSRs and 20 markers selected from the fully-sequenced BACs and PACs.

  • The mean number of repeats was calculated for the sequences selected for the primer design.

  • The mean GC content in flanking regions was estimated based on a total number of sequences in this class analyzed in this study.

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  1. Genome Res. 11: 1441-1452

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