Supplementary Table 1 Source of sequence data for species used in this study. Data were downloaded either as single or pairs of large chromosomes with a total target size of ~250Mb (completed genomes from the National Center for Biotechnology Information, NCBI: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/), as large first draft assemblies with decompressed file size typically in the range 2-4Gb but often with large blocks of ‘N’s (Broad Institute: http://www.broad.mit.edu/ and University of Washington: http://genome.wustl.edu/) or as large contigs with total size 2-20Mb (NIH Intramural Sequencing Center: http://www.nisc.nih.gov/). The latter three species were clearly much smaller samples than the rest and yielded too few trinucleotide repeats to make meaningful estimates of maximum size.
Common name
|
Genus
|
Species
|
Data source
|
Armadillo
|
Dasypus
|
novemicinctus
|
Broad
|
Bushbaby
|
Otolemur
|
garnetti
|
Broad
|
Cat
|
Felis
|
catus
|
Broad
|
Chimpanzee
|
Pan
|
troglodytes
|
NCBI
|
Cow
|
Bos
|
taurus
|
NCBI
|
Dog
|
Canis
|
familiaris
|
NCBI
|
Elephant
|
Loxodonta
|
Africana
|
Broad
|
Greater horshoe bat
|
Rhinolophus
|
ferromequinum
|
NISC
|
Ground squirrel
|
Spermophilis
|
tridecemlineatus
|
Broad
|
Guinea pig
|
Cavia
|
porcellus
|
Broad
|
Hedgehog
|
Erinaceus
|
europeaus
|
Broad
|
Horse
|
Equus
|
caballo
|
NCBI
|
Human
|
Homo
|
sapiens
|
NCBI
|
Litle brown bat
|
Myotis
|
lucifugus
|
Broad
|
Macaque
|
Macaca
|
mulatta
|
NCBI
|
Mouse
|
Mus
|
musculus
|
NCBI
|
Mouse lemur
|
Microcebus
|
murinus
|
Broad
|
Muntjak
|
Muntiacus
|
muntjak
|
NISC
|
Opossum
|
Monodelphis
|
domestica
|
NCBI
|
Pika
|
Ochotona
|
princepts
|
Broad
|
Platypus
|
Ornithorhynchus
|
anatinus
|
NCBI
|
Rabbit
|
Oryctolagus
|
cuniculus
|
Broad
|
Rat
|
Rattus
|
norvegicus
|
NCBI
|
Shrew
|
Sorex
|
araneus
|
Broad
|
Sloth
|
Choloepus
|
hoffmani
|
Wahington University
|
Tenrec
|
Echinops
|
telfari
|
Broad
|
Treeshrew
|
Tupaia
|
belangeri
|
Broad
|
Wallaby
|
Macropus
|
eugenii
|
NISC
|
Supplementary Table 2 Data used for estimating the average length of microsatellite markers. Body temperature (Temp(C)) is measured in degrees Celsius. Also given are the total number of markers identified (N) and the mean repeat number for each species.
Species
|
Temp(C)
|
N
|
mean repeat #
|
Ailurus fulgens
|
37.6
|
7
|
13.86
|
Alces alces
|
38.6
|
6
|
13.50
|
Alopex lagopus
|
38.6
|
1
|
17.00
|
Aplodontia rufa
|
38
|
4
|
17.00
|
Apodemus flavicollis
|
36.7
|
5
|
19.60
|
Apodemus sylvaticus
|
36.7
|
6
|
18.83
|
Artibeus jamaicensis
|
36.4
|
8
|
11.25
|
Arvicola terrestris
|
37.5
|
7
|
14.71
|
Balaenoptera physalus
|
36.6
|
8
|
14.75
|
Bos taurus
|
38.4
|
8
|
14.88
|
Bubalus bubalis
|
38
|
8
|
14.00
|
Burramys parvus
|
36.1
|
7
|
18.43
|
Calomys musculinus
|
36.2
|
7
|
18.14
|
Camelus dromedarius
|
37.2
|
8
|
17.13
|
Capra hircus
|
39.5
|
8
|
11.13
|
Ceratotherium simum
|
35.2
|
4
|
15.75
|
Chaetodipus californicus
|
38
|
6
|
18.33
|
Cheirogaleus medius
|
38
|
7
|
11.86
|
Cricetus cricetus
|
39.5
|
7
|
16.00
|
Crocidura russula
|
34.7
|
7
|
15.29
|
Crocidura suaveolens
|
35.1
|
5
|
16.60
|
Cryptomys hottentotus
|
34.4
|
4
|
14.25
|
Cynomys ludovicanus
|
36.7
|
8
|
15.75
|
Dasyurus geoffroyi
|
36.2
|
6
|
18.33
|
Desmodus rotundus
|
37.3
|
8
|
12.75
|
Didelphis virginiana
|
35
|
8
|
16.38
|
Dipodomys spectabilis
|
37.4
|
6
|
17.67
|
Elephas (indicus) maximus
|
36
|
7
|
14.00
|
Eptesicus fuscus
|
36
|
7
|
18.14
|
Erinaceus europaeus
|
35.6
|
6
|
23.33
|
Eulemur fulvus
|
36.5
|
7
|
14.71
|
Eumetopias jubata
|
38.5
|
7
|
17.57
|
Fossa fossana
|
37.9
|
6
|
17.67
|
Galea musteloides
|
37.3
|
4
|
17.00
|
Gerbillurus paeba
|
38.7
|
7
|
19.57
|
Giraffa camelopardalis
|
38.5
|
8
|
13.63
|
Glaucomys volans
|
39
|
2
|
12.50
|
Herpestes javanicus
|
39.8
|
6
|
8.17
|
Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris
|
37.1
|
8
|
12.75
|
Hydromys chrysogaster
|
36.6
|
6
|
20.50
|
Isoodon obesulus
|
33.9
|
7
|
17.86
|
Lama guanicoe
|
38.7
|
8
|
15.75
|
Lasiorhinus latifrons
|
35.3
|
8
|
21.00
|
Macropus eugenii
|
36.5
|
7
|
16.00
|
Manis javanica
|
32.3
|
8
|
19.88
|
Marmota caligata
|
38.3
|
6
|
15.50
|
Meriones unguiculatus
|
38.2
|
6
|
19.17
|
Microtus agrestis
|
37.6
|
5
|
18.40
|
Microtus arvalis
|
37
|
7
|
16.57
|
Microtus oeconomus
|
38.4
|
6
|
16.83
|
Miniopterus schreibersi
|
37.7
|
4
|
16.50
|
Mustela erminea
|
39.6
|
7
|
14.57
|
Mustela putorius
|
39.5
|
3
|
12.33
|
Myotis myotis
|
35
|
8
|
20.63
|
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
|
32.5
|
6
|
15.83
|
Nannospalax ehrenbergi
|
36
|
8
|
19.13
|
Neotoma fuscipes
|
36.6
|
5
|
25.00
|
Neotoma lepida
|
36.8
|
7
|
18.43
|
Peromyscus maniculatus
|
36.6
|
7
|
17.14
|
Peromyscus polionotus
|
37.2
|
7
|
19.14
|
Procavia johnstoni
|
39
|
5
|
11.00
|
Procyon lotor
|
38
|
7
|
15.43
|
Pteropus rodricensis
|
36.5
|
5
|
19.20
|
Rangifer tarandus
|
39.2
|
7
|
17.00
|
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
|
39.7
|
7
|
20.43
|
Saccopteryx bilineata
|
35.5
|
8
|
19.13
|
Spalacopus cyanus
|
36.5
|
6
|
15.67
|
Spermophilus citellus
|
37.5
|
4
|
17.00
|
Suncus murinus
|
38.7
|
8
|
18.75
|
Suricata suricatta
|
36.3
|
7
|
19.00
|
Tamias amoenus
|
37
|
8
|
16.25
|
Tamias striatus
|
38.2
|
8
|
14.00
|
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
|
38.7
|
8
|
18.50
|
Trichosurus vulpecula
|
36
|
7
|
18.43
|
Tupaia glis
|
37
|
6
|
13.33
|
Ursus americanus
|
38.3
|
7
|
20.14
|
Ursus arctos
|
38
|
7
|
19.71
|
Vulpes vulpes
|
38.7
|
8
|
17.75
| |