Microsatellites (SSRs): Puzzles within puzzle

Indian Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 331-347

  Trivedi, Seema ^a  

^a JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Density and percentage; Microsatellites; Motifs; Mutation; Simple sequence repeats; SSR birth and evolution

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DINUCLEOTIDE; GUANINE; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

BIRD; FISH; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MUTATION; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; SPECIES; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; MYCOPLASMA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3943051455     PISSN: 09725849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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