Microsatellite repeats

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004099",
  "term": "Microsatellite repeats",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A variety of simple repeat sequences that are distributed throughout the genome. They are characterized by a short repeat unit of 2-8 basepairs that is repeated up to 100 times. They are also known as short tandem repeats (STRs).",
  "synonyms": [
    "ISSRs (inter-simple sequence repeats)",
    "SSRs (simple sequence repeats)",
    "STRs (short tandem repeats)",
    "dinucleotide repeats",
    "inter-simple sequence repeats",
    "microsatellites",
    "pentanucleotide repeats",
    "short tandem repeats",
    "simple repetitive sequence",
    "simple sequence repeats",
    "single sequence repeats",
    "tetranucleotide repeats",
    "trinucleotide repeats"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "repetitive sequences"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2012",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "repeticiones de microsatélite"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/microsatellite-repeats/"
}