NALT

Preferred term

microsatellite repeats

Topic

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).

repetitive sequences

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

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

23566

Spanish

repeticiones de microsatélite

URI

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

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 3/8/17