The complete chloroplast genome sequence of the chlorophycean green alga Scenedesmus obliquus reveals a compact gene organization and a biased distribution of genes on the two DNA strands

Table 5 Abundance of SDRs in Scenedesmus and other UTC algal cpDNAs

cpDNA		Number of repeats^a		Non-overlapping repeats ≥ 30 bp^b
	Maximal size of repeats (bp)	≥ 30 bp	≥ 45 bp	Total size (bp)	Fraction of genome (%)	Fraction of intergenic regions (%)
Chlorella	84	269	44	11,743	7.8	20.8
Oltmannsiellopsis	172	1,205	161	18,033	11.9	30.1
Pseudendoclonium	171	1,047	203	10,073	5.1	13.6
Scenedesmus	112	86	21	4,817	3.0	8.7
Chlamydomonas	221	3,247	551	32,244	15.8	31.9

^aRepeats with identical sequences on the same DNA strand or different DNA strands were identified using REPuter.
^bThe repeats identified with REPuter were annotated and masked on the genome sequence using RepeatMasker.

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