[HTML][HTML] Patterns of microsatellite distribution across eukaryotic genomes

S Srivastava, AK Avvaru, DT Sowpati, RK Mishra - BMC genomics, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Microsatellites, or Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs), are short tandem
repeats of 1–6 nt motifs present in all genomes. Emerging evidence points to their role in …

[HTML][HTML] Next generation sequencing and FISH reveal uneven and nonrandom microsatellite distribution in two grasshopper genomes

FJ Ruiz-Ruano, Á Cuadrado, EE Montiel… - Chromosoma, 2015 - Springer
Simple sequence repeats (SSRs), also known as microsatellites, are one of the prominent
DNA sequences shaping the repeated fraction of eukaryotic genomes. In spite of their …

The rise, fall and renaissance of microsatellites in eukaryotic genomes

E Buschiazzo, NJ Gemmell - Bioessays, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Survey of microsatellite clustering in eight fully sequenced species sheds light on the origin of compound microsatellites

R Kofler, C Schlötterer, E Luschützky, T Lelley - BMC genomics, 2008 - Springer
Background Compound microsatellites are a special variation of microsatellites in which two
or more individual microsatellites are found directly adjacent to each other. Until now, such …

SSRome: an integrated database and pipelines for exploring microsatellites in all organisms

MM Mokhtar, MAM Atia - Nucleic Acids Research, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Over the past decade, many databases focusing on microsatellite mining on a genomic
scale were released online with at least one of the following major deficiencies:(i) lacking …

Microsatellites in different eukaryotic genomes: survey and analysis

G Tóth, Z Gáspári, J Jurka - Genome research, 2000 - genome.cshlp.org
We examined the abundance of microsatellites with repeated unit lengths of 1–6 base pairs
in several eukaryotic taxonomic groups: primates, rodents, other mammals, nonmammalian …

Microsatellites: genomic distribution, putative functions and mutational mechanisms: a review

YC Li, AB Korol, T Fahima, A Beiles… - Molecular ecology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Microsatellites, or tandem simple sequence repeats (SSR), are abundant across genomes
and show high levels of polymorphism. SSR genetic and evolutionary mechanisms remain …

Microsatellites within genes: structure, function, and evolution

YC Li, AB Korol, T Fahima, E Nevo - Molecular biology and …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Recently, increasingly more microsatellites, or simple sequence repeats (SSRs) have been
found and characterized within protein-coding genes and their untranslated regions (UTRs) …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale analysis reveals that the genome features of simple sequence repeats are generally conserved at the family level in insects

S Ding, S Wang, K He, M Jiang, F Li - BMC genomics, 2017 - Springer
Background Simple sequence repeats (SSR), also called microsatellites, have been widely
used as genetic markers, and have been extensively studied in some model insects. At …

[HTML][HTML] Breakdown of phylogenetic signal: a survey of microsatellite densities in 454 shotgun sequences from 154 non model eukaryote species

E Meglecz, G Neve, E Biffin, MG Gardner - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Microsatellites are ubiquitous in Eukaryotic genomes. A more complete understanding of
their origin and spread can be gained from a comparison of their distribution within a …