How are the repeats determined?

Repeats are determined in several ways.

• 1) [RepeatMasker]
  

There are RepeatMasker libraries available for C.elegans andC.briggsae are available from the [Sanger Institute pages].  These pages also have some description of the motifs identified.

• 2) [Tandem Repeat Finder.] by G. Benson

• 3) [dust]a low-complexity filter for nucleotide sequences