Identification of Microsatellites from An Extinct Moa Species Using High-Throughput (454) Sequence Data

Abstract
Genetic variation in microsatellites is rarely examined in the field of ancient DNA (aDNA) due to the low quantity of nuclear DNA in the fossil record together with the lack of characterized nuclea... Mining Many More Microsatellite Markers Microsatellite sequences consist of 1–6 nucleotide tandem repeats and are found in nearly all known organisms. Because they mutate at a high rate and are inh...
Funding Information
  • The Australian Research Council ((DP0771971))
  • The Royal Society of New Zealand ((programme 06-PAL-001-EEB))