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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, or tandem simple sequence repeats (SSR), are abundant across genomes
and show high levels of polymorphism. SSR genetic and evolutionary mechanisms remain …

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 …

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 …

Abstract Background Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) are found in most organisms, and
occupy about 3% of the human genome. Although it is becoming clear that such repeats are …