Microsatellite repeats finder
Detect short tandem repeats in a DNA sequence.
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Parameters
Fill in the data to analyse, then run the computation.
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Description
Definitions
Microsatellite Repeat
A variety of simple di- (DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS), tri- (TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS), tetra-, and pentanucleotide tandem repeats (usually less than 100 bases long).
Tandem repeats
Copies of DNA sequences which lie adjacent to each other.
Related terms
Simple Tandem Repeats (STR), Exact Tandem Repeats (ETRs), Short Sequence Repeats (SSRs), Repetitive DNA, Simple Sequence Repeats (SSR).