Compound microsatellites are a special variation of microsatellites in which two or more individual microsatellites are found directly adjacent to each other.
Because compound microsatellites are a subset of the total microsatellite repertoire, we modified our analysis and correlated the density of microsatellites that could not be classified as compound microsatellites with compound microsatellites.
It has recently been suggested [ 31] that a high frequency of dinucleotide simple sequence repeats (SSRs, microsatellites) is a general feature of shark genomes.
A disadvantage that the use of SNPs may have over microsatellites is a decreased ability to resolve fine-scale population structuring (DeFaveri et al. 2013).
Simple sequence repeats (or microsatellites) are a class of molecular markers that are often polymorphic and are widely used for generating genetic maps [ 20].
Gene-based (genic) microsatellites are a useful tool for plant genetics and simple sequence repeat loci can often be found in coding regions of the genome.
We then wanted to know whether higher segmental duplications with higher frequency of paired microsatellites is a within-genome feature or are they also correlated across genomes.
We conclude that analysis of the three microsatellites is a valuable tool to establish the genetic characteristics of P. vivax populations in Colombia.
Hypervariable microsatellites are a useful source of polymorphic DNA markers for linking genetic maps with genomic sequences, and ultimately with phenotypic variation.
The criteria for selection of microsatellites were a minimum of six repeats for di-nucleotide motifs and five repeats for tri-, tetra-, penta-, and hexa-nucleotide motifs.
