Few genetic markers, if any, have found such widespread use as microsatellites, or
simple/short tandem repeats. Features such as hypervariability and ubiquitous occurrence …

In recent years, a variety of molecular markers, based on microsatellites or simple sequence
repeats (SSRs) have become the markers of choice, thus necessitating their development …

We demonstrate that the mean ratio of the number of alleles to the range in allele size, which
we term M, calculated from a population sample of microsatellite loci, can be used to detect …

Given the explosive development of new molecular marker techniques over the last decade,
newcomers and experts alike in the field of DNA fingerprinting will find an easy-to-follow …

Homoplasy has recently attracted the attention of population geneticists, as a consequence
of the popularity of highly variable stepwise mutating markers such as microsatellites …

From a total of 524 microsatellite loci considered in nearly 40 000 individuals of 78 species,
freshwater fish displayed levels of population genetic variation (mean heterozygosity, h= 0 …

Microsatellite DNA sequences mutate at rates several orders of magnitude higher than that
of the bulk of DNA. Such high rates mean that spontaneous mutations that form new-length …

Genetic variability is the clay of evolution, providing the base material on which adaptation
and speciation depend. It is often assumed that most interspecific differences in variability …

Recent advances in plant genomics and molecular biology have revolutionized our
understanding of plant genetics, providing new opportunities for more efficient and …

Microsatellites are short segments of DNA in which a specific motif of 1-6 bases is repeated
up to a usual maximum of 60 or so. Due to their exceptional variability and relative ease of …