Category:SO:0000289 ! microsatellite

id: SO:0000289
name: microsatellite
def: "A repeat_region containing repeat_units (2 to 4 bp) that is repeated multiple times in tandem." [1]
subset: SOFA
synonym: "microsatellite locus" EXACT []
synonym: "microsatellite marker" EXACT []
synonym: "VNTR" EXACT []
xref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsatellite "wiki"
is_a: SO:0000005 ! satellite_DNA

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