A microsatellite is a tract of repeated DNA motifs. Its length varies from one to ten nucleotides. Typically, it is repeated 5-50 times and is distributed throughout the human genome. Microsatellites are found in most eukaryotes. They are distributed throughout the whole genome of an organism at thousands of locations. Microsatellites find applications in the fields of genetic fingerprinting, DNA profiling and kinship analysis. Plant breeding and...