Microsatellite evolution--a reciprocal study of repeat lengths at homologous loci in cattle and sheep.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025826

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Microsatellite evolution--a reciprocal study of repeat lengths at homologous loci in cattle and sheep.

Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Aug 1997

Ellegren H, Moore S, Robinson N, Byrne K, Ward W, Sheldon B C

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The application of microsatellites in evolutionary studies requires an understanding of the patterns governing their evolution in different species. The finding that homologous microsatellite loci are longer, i.e., containing more repeat units, in human and in other primates has been taken as evi...

Topics

Animals
Bias
Cattle
Evolution, Molecular
Genetic Markers
Genetic Variation
Humans
Microsatellite Repeats
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Sheep

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