Genome-Wide Survey and Analysis of Microsatellite Sequences in Bovid Species.

Microsatellites or simple sequence repeats (SSRs) have become the most popular source of genetic markers, which are ubiquitously distributed in many eukaryotic and prokaryotic genomes. This is the first study examining and comparing SSRs in completely sequenced genomes of the Bovidae. We analyzed an...

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Main Authors: Wen-Hua Qi, Xue-Mei Jiang, Lian-Ming Du, Guo-Sheng Xiao, Ting-Zhang Hu, Bi-Song Yue, Qiu-Mei Quan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4510479?pdf=render