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... > Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Molecular Structure > Base Sequence > Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid > Tandem Repeat Sequences > Microsatellite Repeats
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Microsatellite Repeats  

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Entry terms

  • Marker, Microsatellite
  • Markers, Microsatellite
  • Microsatellite
  • Microsatellite Marker
  • Microsatellite Markers
  • Microsatellites
  • Repeat, Short Tandem
  • Repeat, Simple Sequence
  • Repeats, Short Tandem
  • Repeats, Simple Sequence
  • Repetitive Sequence, Simple
  • Repetitive Sequences, Simple
  • Sequence Repeat, Simple
  • Sequence Repeats, Simple
  • Sequence, Simple Repetitive
  • Sequences, Simple Repetitive
  • Short Tandem Repeat
  • Short Tandem Repeats
  • Simple Repetitive Sequence
  • Simple Repetitive Sequences
  • Simple Sequence Repeat
  • Simple Sequence Repeats
  • Tandem Repeat, Short
  • Tandem Repeats, Short

Scope note

  • A variety of simple repeat sequences that are distributed throughout the GENOME. They are characterized by a short repeat unit of 2-8 basepairs that is repeated up to 100 times. They are also known as short tandem repeats (STRs).

History note

  • 1996; for SIMPLE REPETITIVE SEQUENCE use MINISATELLITE REPEATS 1999-2011, use REPETITIVE SEQUENCE, NUCLEIC ACID 1990-1998

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