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What are microsatellites?

April 26, 2017microsatellites

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What are microsatellites?

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Microsatellites are di-, tri-, or tetra nucleotide tandem repeats in DNA sequences. The number of repeats is variable in populations of DNA and within the alleles of an individual. The sequence below has a 20 dinucleotide repeat (40bp) stretch of CA that is shown in bold.