Table 3.

Association between Rice Microsatellites and Other Types of Repetitive Elements in BAC-end Sequences

Number of sequences in this class
Type of homology BAC ends from the HindIII library BAC ends from EcoRI library
(AT)n (CA)n (AT)n (CA)n
no. % no. % no. % no. %
>80% with Micropon-431.004729.70
>80% with other Micropons0042.525.5
54%–80% with any Micropons[i] 4013.11015.42616.5925.0
>80% with non-Micropon MITEs113.623.100
54%–80% with non-Micropon MITEs[i] 299.51116.92314.61130.6
Any retroelement homology134.357.753.212.8
Other (centromeric, ribosomal, etc.)185.923.131.90
Unique, no homology with any repeats  in TIGR database on either end of SSR18861.63553.85031.61336.1
TOTAL 304 65 158 36

[i] 54%–70% similarities have been confirmed to be genuine by the length and/or complexity of the homology. The original sequences of the Micropon elements are available as GenBank accession nos. AB010111AB010115.