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

Expressed sequence tag (EST) projects have generated a vast amount of publicly available
sequence data from plant species; these data can be mined for simple sequence repeats …

Recently, increasingly more microsatellites, or simple sequence repeats (SSRs) have been
found and characterized within protein-coding genes and their untranslated regions (UTRs) …

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 …

Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) often serve to modify genes with which they are
associated. The influence of SSRs on gene regulation, transcription and protein function …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on genomic size evolution in animals. There are
many ways of studying the evolution of genome. The chapter looks on the examination of …

Microsatellites are a ubiquitous class of simple repetitive DNA sequences, which are
widespread in both eukaryotic and prokaryotic genomes. The use of microsatellites as …

Recent sequencing and assembly of the genome for the fungal pathogen Candida albicans
used simple automated procedures for the identification of putative genes. We have …

The use of simple sequence repeats or microsatellites as genetic markers has become very
popular because of their abundance and length variation between different individuals …

Microsatellites are among the most versatile of genetic markers, being used in an impressive
number of biological applications. However, the evolutionary dynamics of these markers …