Table 2 Distribution and Characteristics of microsatellites in different transcript regions.

From: Distribution, function and evolution characterization of microsatellite in Sargassum thunbergii (Fucales, Phaeophyta) transcriptome and their application in marker development

Region

Total number of base pair (bp)

Number of SSR

Number of SSR per kpb

Mean length of SSR (bp)

Coding

761730

629

0.83

16.35

UTR

1753943

1571

0.90

16.49

5′UTR

892254

832

0.93

16.53

3′UTR

861689

739

0.86

16.44