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Table 1 The average read length obtained from Illumina instruments is typically less than 150 nucleotides

From: PSR: polymorphic SSR retrieval

Repeat unit (nts)

Max number of repeat unit

SSR length (nts)

Read length = 100 nucleotides (nts)

 2

48

96

 3

31

94

 4

23

92

 5

18

90

 6

14

88

  1. This length allows to detect di-nucleotide repetition up to 96 nucleotides and 14 repetitions of esa-nucleotide pattern