These basic strings have been confirmed by us and users to detect telomeres in assemblies/chromosomes manually verified to contains telomeric ends.
Please push additions/open issues if you have any confirmed repeats and share the data so I can give it whirl!
| Lineage/group | species/genus | repeat | alternate repeat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeast | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | GGTGTG | TG{1,3}TG{1,3} |
| Yeast | Schizosaccharomyces japonicus | T{0,1}A{2,4}C{2,4}T{0,1}A{1,2}GAC | G[TG][CG]T{2,3}A |
| Yeast | Candida albicans | ACTTCTTGGTGTACGGATGTCTA | |
| Filamentous fungi | Fusarium | TTAGGG | |
| Filamentous fungi | Magnaporthe/Pyricularia | TTAGGG | |
| Animal | Human | TTAGGG | |
| Plants | Oryza sativa | TTTAGGG | |
| Algae | Chlamydomonas reinhardtii | TTTTAGGG |