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NALT Concept Space
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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. genetics
  3. molecular genetics
  4. nucleotide sequences
  5. repetitive sequences
  6. microsatellite repeats

Preferred term

microsatellite repeats

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information A variety of simple repeat sequences that are distributed throughout the genome. They are characterized by a short repeat unit of 2-8 basepairs that is repeated up to 100 times. They are also known as short tandem repeats (STRs).

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2012

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • dinucleotide repeats
  • inter-simple sequence repeats
  • ISSRs (inter-simple sequence repeats)
  • microsatellites
  • pentanucleotide repeats
  • short tandem repeats
  • simple repetitive sequence
  • simple sequence repeats
  • single sequence repeats
  • SSRs (simple sequence repeats)
  • STRs (short tandem repeats)
  • tetranucleotide repeats
  • trinucleotide repeats

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/33728

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