H istory sometimes takes ironical twists, and the history of science is no exception.
Microsatellites have been detected in eukaryote genomes for over 15 years, though they …

In recent years, a variety of molecular markers, based on microsatellites or simple sequence
repeats (SSRs) have become the markers of choice, thus necessitating their development …

The ability to efficiently and accurately determine genotypes is a keystone technology in
modern genetics, crucial to studies ranging from clinical diagnostics, to genotype-phenotype …

The human genome holds an extraordinary trove of information about human development,
physiology, medicine and evolution. Here we report the results of an international …

The sequence of the mouse genome is a key informational tool for understanding the
contents of the human genome and a key experimental tool for biomedical research. Here …

The sequence of the human genome encodes the genetic instructions for human
physiology, as well as rich information about human evolution. In 2001, the International …

Given the explosive development of new molecular marker techniques over the last decade,
newcomers and experts alike in the field of DNA fingerprinting will find an easy-to-follow …

Genetic engineering and biotechnology hold great potential for plant breeding as it promises
to expedite the time taken to produce crop varieties with desirable characters. With the use …

Adult germline stem cells are capable of self-renewal, tissue regeneration and production of
large numbers of differentiated progeny. We show here that the classical mouse mutant …

Microsatellites are simple, tandemly repeated di-to tetra-nucleotide sequence motifs flanked
by unique sequences. They are valuable as genetic markers because they are co-dominant …