So the Kyoto researchers developed a set of microsatellite markers, short bits of repeated sequences of DNA that tend to evolve very quickly. (sciencemag.org)
The researchers analysed telltale markers called microsatellites in 190 sawfish that reveal how related their parents are. (newscientist.com)
The population - based study of 503 people with colon cancer found that 14 percent of Caucasians and 7 percent of African - Americans had a genetic marker called microsatellite instability, or MSI. (sciencedaily.com)