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Table 3 Summary of the motif and polymorphism characteristics of microsatellites found in BMc markers

From: Gene-based SSR markers for common bean (Phaseolus vulgarisL.) derived from root and leaf tissue ESTs: an integration of the BMc series

BMc marker types

Leaf EST source

Root EST source

Number of SSRs

Percentage of total

Di-nucleotide based

10

40

50

41.7

Tri-nucleotide based

16

50

66

55.0

Tetra, penta or hexa-nt based

1

3

4

3.3

Multi-copy

0

6

6

5.0

Non-Amplifying

6

10

16

13.3

Monomorphic in survey

12

47

59

49.2

Polymorphic in survey

9

30

39

32.5

Polymorphic in cultivated

7

27

34

28.3

Polymorphic in wild only

1

4

5

4.2

  1. BMc markers developed from leaf and root expressed sequence tags (EST) are separately and jointly considered for number of simple sequences repeats (SSRs) and percentage of total.