The word 'microsatellite' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to a small artificial satellite, usually built to perform a specific task or to study a specific natural phenomenon. For example, "NASA will be launching a new microsatellite next year to observe the Sun's activity."
Dr White has identified ten microsatellite markers that can be used to build up a unique genetic profile of the individual tree.
Through the amateur radio network he managed to persuade NASA to provide a free launch, and in 1981 the microsatellite piggybacked into space as part of a mission to put a large scientific satellite into orbit.The Surrey satellite was a novel piece of engineering.
And clones, genetically speaking, are merely individuals with more than one body.To track down the origins of Cabernet Sauvignon, Mr Bowers and Dr Meredith examined 24 microsatellite sites.
With arrays of such microthruster chips built into its walls, a microsatellite weighing no more than a kilogram could adjust its position in orbit with extreme precision.The attraction of micropropulsion arrays is that they are simple to make and hard to break.
First into space in the microsatellite business will be the San Francisco company Planet Labs, which plans to launch a fleet of 28 small satellites at the end of the year that will photograph the planet around the clock, with frequent updates.
Planet Labs' technology, like that at other microsatellite companies such as Skybox Imaging, are benefiting from the progressive miniaturization of consumer electronic components, along with a federal effort to commercialize space.
A consortium of VCs recently invested over $90m in Skybox, a start-up developing the same kind of imaging microsatellites as Planetary Resources.
So, therefore, do the lengths of the resulting DNA fragments.Another sort of signature is found in DNA "microsatellites".
In any given species, these microsatellites are found in the same places on the chromosomes of different individuals, but the number of repeats in each place differs from one individual to another.
This suggested that chromosomes are composed of small blocks that get shuffled by crossing over, but are, themselves, rarely broken up.The markers used by Dr Altshuler were not microsatellites but single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs).
These differences are passed from parent to offspring in the same way that genes are: each individual gets half his microsatellites from his mother and half from his father.
