Microsatellites have been popular molecular markers ever since their advent in the late
eighties. Despite growing competition from new genotyping and sequencing techniques, the …

As most biologists are probably aware, technological advances in molecular biology during
the last few years have opened up possibilities to rapidly generate large-scale sequencing …

Parentage analysis is a cornerstone of molecular ecology that has delivered fundamental
insights into behaviour, ecology and evolution. Microsatellite markers have long been the …

Over the last few decades, the use of molecular markers has played an increasing role in
rice breeding and genetics. Of the different types of molecular markers, microsatellites have …

DNA sequencing technology is undergoing a revolution with the commercialization of
second generation technologies capable of sequencing thousands of millions of nucleotide …

Since the first investigation 25 years ago, the application of genetic tools to address
ecological and evolutionary questions in elasmobranch studies has greatly expanded. Major …

Microsatellites (or SSRs: simple sequence repeats) are among the most frequently used
DNA markers in many areas of research. The use of microsatellite markers is limited by the …

Microsatellite marker development has been greatly simplified by the use of high‐throughput
sequencing followed by in silico microsatellite detection and primer design. However, the …

The advent of simple and affordable tools for molecular identification of novel insect
invaders and assessment of population diversity has changed the face of invasion biology in …

Almost three decades ago Alec Jeffreys published his seminal Nature papers on the use of
minisatellite probes for DNA fingerprinting of humans (Jeffreys and colleagues Nature 1985 …