Table 4.
Estimated Numbers of Microsatellites ⩾20 bp in Length in the Avian Genome Assuming a Gene Content of 10% or 30% per Genome
| Motif | 10% coding DNA | 30% coding DNA | |||
| total | spacing (kb) | total | spacing (kb) | ||
| A | 22,085 | 54 | 17,177 | 70 | |
| AC | 8,494 | 141 | 6,607 | 182 | |
| AAAC | 6,795 | 177 | 5,285 | 227 | |
| AAAT | 6,795 | 177 | 5,285 | 227 | |
| AT | 3,398 | 353 | 2,643 | 454 | |
| AGG | 3,191 | 376 | 3,912 | 307 | |
| AAAG | 2,548 | 471 | 1,982 | 605 | |
| AGGG | 2,548 | 471 | 1,982 | 605 | |
| AAGG | 1,699 | 706 | 1,321 | 908 | |
| AAT | 1,699 | 706 | 1,321 | 908 | |
| ACAG | 1,699 | 706 | 1,321 | 908 | |
| ACGG | 1,699 | 706 | 1,321 | 908 | |
| ACCT | 1,699 | 706 | 1,321 | 908 | |
| AG | 1,699 | 706 | 1,321 | 908 | |
| C | 1,699 | 706 | 1,321 | 908 | |
| CCG | 1,278 | 939 | 1,947 | 616 | |
| AGC | 1,117 | 1,074 | 1,465 | 819 | |
| AAG | 956 | 1,254 | 993 | 1,222 | |
| ACG | 849 | 1,413 | 661 | 1,816 | |
| ACGC | 849 | 1,413 | 661 | 1,816 | |
| ACC | 268 | 4,478 | 804 | 1,493 | |
| AAC | 54 | 22,388 | 161 | 7,463 | |
| Mononucleotide | 23,784 | 50 | 18,498 | 65 | |
| Dinucleotide | 13,591 | 88 | 10,571 | 114 | |
| Trinucleotide | 9,414 | 127 | 11,253 | 107 | |
| Tetranucleotide | 26,332 | 46 | 20,480 | 59 | |
| Total | 73,120 | 16 | 60,802 | 20 | |
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Avian species as in Table 2.
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↵The proportion of these repeats estimated to be ⩾14 repeat units in length was 2600–3400 (1 in 350–450 kb).
