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Microsatellite

About: Microsatellite is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 15191 publications have been published within this topic receiving 464338 citations. The topic is also known as: simple sequence repeat & SSR.


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TL;DR: MICRO - CHECKER estimates the frequency of null alleles and, importantly, can adjust the allele and genotype frequencies of the amplified alleles, permitting their use in further population genetic analysis.
Abstract: DNA degradation, low DNA concentrations and primer-site mutations may result in the incorrect assignment of microsatellite genotypes, potentially biasing population genetic analyses. MICRO - CHECKER is WINDOWS ®-based software that tests the genotyping of microsatellites from diploid populations. The program aids identification of genotyping errors due to nonamplified alleles (null alleles), short allele dominance (large allele dropout) and the scoring of stutter peaks, and also detects typographic errors. MICRO - CHECKER estimates the frequency of null alleles and, importantly, can adjust the allele and genotype frequencies of the amplified alleles, permitting their use in further population genetic analysis. MICRO CHECKER can be freely downloaded from http://www.microchecker.hull.ac.uk/.

9,953 citations

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TL;DR: A new basis for the construction of a genetic linkage map of the human genome is described, to develop, by recombinant DNA techniques, random single-copy DNA probes capable of detecting DNA sequence polymorphisms, when hybridized to restriction digests of an individual's DNA.
Abstract: We describe a new basis for the construction of a genetic linkage map of the human genome. The basic principle of the mapping scheme is to develop, by recombinant DNA techniques, random single-copy DNA probes capable of detecting DNA sequence polymorphisms, when hybridized to restriction digests of an individual's DNA. Each of these probes will define a locus. Loci can be expanded or contracted to include more or less polymorphism by further application of recombinant DNA technology. Suitably polymorphic loci can be tested for linkage relationships in human pedigrees by established methods; and loci can be arranged into linkage groups to form a true genetic map of "DNA marker loci." Pedigrees in which inherited traits are known to be segregating can then be analyzed, making possible the mapping of the gene(s) responsible for the trait with respect to the DNA marker loci, without requiring direct access to a specified gene's DNA. For inherited diseases mapped in this way, linked DNA marker loci can be used predictively for genetic counseling.

7,853 citations

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TL;DR: It is reported that specific human (dC-dA)n.(dG-dT)n blocks are polymorphic in length among individuals and therefore represent a vast new pool of potential genetic markers.
Abstract: Interspersed DNA elements of the form (dC-dA)n.(dG-dT)n constitute one of the most abundant human repetitive DNA families. We report that specific human (dC-dA)n.(dG-dT)n blocks are polymorphic in length among individuals and therefore represent a vast new pool of potential genetic markers. Comparison of sequences from the literature for (dC-dA)n.(dG-dT)n blocks cloned two or more times revealed length polymorphisms in seven of eight cases. Variations in the lengths of 10 (dC-dA)n.(dG-dT)n blocks were directly demonstrated by amplifying the DNA within and immediately flanking the repeat blocks by using the polymerase chain reaction and then resolving the amplified DNA on polyacrylamide DNA sequencing gels. Use of the polymerase chain reaction to detect DNA polymorphisms offers improved sensitivity and speed compared with standard blotting and hybridization.

3,457 citations

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15 Mar 1994-Genomics
TL;DR: The utility of microsatellite-directed DNA fingerprinting by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the interrepeat region provides a novel fingerprinting approach applicable for taxonomic and phylogenetic comparisons and as a mapping tool in a wide range of organisms.

3,292 citations

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TL;DR: A comparison of genetic similarity matrices revealed that, if the comparison involved both cultivated and wild soybean accessions, estimates based on RFLPs, RAPD, AFLPs and SSRs are highly correlated, indicating congruence between these assays.
Abstract: The utility of RFLP (restriction fragment length polymorphism), RAPD (random-amplified polymorphic DNA), AFLP (amplified fragment length polymorphism) and SSR (simple sequence repeat, microsatellite) markers in soybean germplasm analysis was determined by evaluating information content (expected heterozygosity), number of loci simultaneously analyzed per experiment (multiplex ratio) and effectiveness in assessing relationships between accessions. SSR markers have the highest expected heterozygosity (0.60), while AFLP markers have the highest effective multiplex ratio (19). A single parameter, defined as the marker index, which is the product of expected heterozygosity and multiplex ratio, may be used to evaluate overall utility of a marker system. A comparison of genetic similarity matrices revealed that, if the comparison involved both cultivated (Glycine max) and wild soybean (Glycine soja) accessions, estimates based on RFLPs, AFLPs and SSRs are highly correlated, indicating congruence between these assays. However, correlations of RAPD marker data with those obtained using other marker systems were lower. This is because RAPDs produce higher estimates of interspecific similarities. If the comparisons involvedG. max only, then overall correlations between marker systems are significantly lower. WithinG. max, RAPD and AFLP similarity estimates are more closely correlated than those involving other marker systems.

2,521 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
2023554
20221,043
2021264
2020325
2019379
2018440