Table 2

Summary of SSR distribution from white clover SSR-enriched libraries
Library
 No. of
sequences
 No. of
sequences
with SSRsa
 Percentage of
sequence with
SSRs
 No. of
SSRs
 Most frequent core
motifs
 Motif
length
(bp)
 No. of
repeat
 Most frequent
repeats- No. &
(percentage)
(CA)17
 826
 191
 23%
 260
 TG, CA, AC, GT
 2–10
 2–31
 Di- 90 (35%)








Hexa- 68 (26%)
(ATG)12
 876
 230
 26%
 318
 GAT, TGA, CAT, ATC
 2–10
 2–34
 Tri- 138 (43%)








Hexa- 118 (37%)
Assembled
 1,698
 419
 25%
 575
 GAT, TGA, TG, CA
 2–10
 2–34
 Hexa- 186 (32%)








Tri- 159 (28%)








Di- 92 (16%)

a Number of both perfect and imperfect SSRs, with a minimal length of 18 bp.

Zhang et al. Plant Methods 2008 4:19   doi:10.1186/1746-4811-4-19