Microsatellites: simple sequences with complex evolution

H Ellegren - Nature reviews genetics, 2004 - nature.com
Few genetic markers, if any, have found such widespread use as microsatellites, or
simple/short tandem repeats. Features such as hypervariability and ubiquitous occurrence …

The estimation of population differentiation with microsatellite markers

F Balloux, N Lugon‐Moulin - Molecular ecology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Microsatellite markers are routinely used to investigate the genetic structuring of natural
populations. The knowledge of how genetic variation is partitioned among populations may …

Detection of reduction in population size using data from microsatellite loci

JC Garza, EG Williamson - Molecular ecology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Evolutionary dynamics of microsatellite DNA

C Schlötterer - Chromosoma, 2000 - Springer
Within the past decade microsatellites have developed into one of the most popular genetic
markers. Despite the widespread use of microsatellite analysis, an integral picture of the …

Mutation rate in human microsatellites: influence of the structure and length of the tandem repeat

B Brinkmann, M Klintschar, F Neuhuber… - The American Journal of …, 1998 - cell.com
Summary In 10,844 parent/child allelic transfers at nine short-tandem-repeat (STR) loci, 23
isolated STR mismatches were observed. The parenthood in each of these cases was highly …

A genome-wide view of the spectrum of spontaneous mutations in yeast

M Lynch, W Sung, K Morris, N Coffey… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
The mutation process ultimately defines the genetic features of all populations and, hence,
has a bearing on a wide range of issues involving evolutionary genetics, inheritance, and …

Challenges in analysis and interpretation of microsatellite data for population genetic studies

AI Putman, I Carbone - Ecology and evolution, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Advancing technologies have facilitated the ever‐widening application of genetic markers
such as microsatellites into new systems and research questions in biology. In light of the …

Microsatellite mutations in the germline:: implications for evolutionary inference

H Ellegren - Trends in genetics, 2000 - cell.com
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 …

Comparative genomics and molecular dynamics of DNA repeats in eukaryotes

GF Richard, A Kerrest, B Dujon - Microbiology and molecular …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Repeated elements can be widely abundant in eukaryotic genomes, composing more than
50% of the human genome, for example. It is possible to classify repeated sequences into …

Origin, Spread and Demography of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex

T Wirth, F Hildebrand, C Allix-Béguec… - PLoS …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
The evolutionary timing and spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC),
one of the most successful groups of bacterial pathogens, remains largely unknown. Here …