microsatellite

C11469
concept

A microsatellite is a short, tandemly repeated DNA sequence (typically 1–6 base pairs long) scattered throughout the genome and highly variable among individuals, making it useful as a genetic marker.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
extrachromosomal DNA element 1
microsatellite canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: microsatellite
Generated description
A microsatellite is a short, tandemly repeated DNA sequence (typically 1–6 base pairs long) scattered throughout the genome and highly variable among individuals, making it useful as a genetic marker.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
pXO2 extrachromosomal DNA element
NEOSSat