Microsatellites are short tandem repeats widely dispersed through out the eukaryotic genomes, consisting of tandem repeat sequences of 1 to 6 nucleotides.

• 微卫星(Microsatellite)是一种广泛存在于真核生物基因组中的短的串联重复序列，重复单位一般为1-6个核苷酸。