Table 2 The distribution of microsatellites based on the number of repeat units.

From: Impact of different numbers of microsatellite markers on population genetic results using SLAF-seq data for Rhododendron species

Repeat

Di

Tri

Tetra

Penta

Hexa

Total

Percentage (%)

5

 

3921

618

224

133

4896

8.50

6

11,430

1561

114

40

42

13,187

22.90

7

8384

619

42

15

12

9072

15.75

8

6803

305

12

1

4

7125

12.37

9

5501

141

5

0

3

5650

9.81

10

3997

77

1

0

2

4077

7.08

11

2730

39

0

0

3

2772

4.81

12

2108

21

0

0

0

2129

3.70

13

1747

23

0

0

0

1770

3.07

14

1421

11

0

0

0

1432

2.49

 ≥ 15

5463

17

0

0

1

5481

9.52

Total

49,584

6735

792

280

200

57,591

100

Percentage (%)

86.10

11.69

1.38

0.48

0.34

100