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OA_type: closed access
_id: '3908'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'It is commonly believed that both the average length and the frequency of
    microsatellites correlate with genome size. We have estimated the frequency and
    the average length for 69 perfect dinucleotide microsatellites in an insect with
    an exceptionally large genome: Chorthippus biguttulus (Orthoptera, Acrididae).
    Dinucleotide microsatellites are not more frequent in C. biguttulus, but repeat
    arrays are 1.4 to 2 times longer than in other insect species. The average repeat
    number in C. biguttulus lies in the range of higher vertebrates. Natural populations
    are highly variable. At least 30 alleles per locus were found and the expected
    heterozygosity is above 0.95 at all three loci studied. In contrast, the observed
    heterozygosity is much lower (≤0.51), which could be caused by long null alleles.'
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Jana
  full_name: Ustinova, Jana
  last_name: Ustinova
- first_name: Roland
  full_name: Achmann, Roland
  last_name: Achmann
- first_name: Sylvia
  full_name: Cremer, Sylvia
  id: 2F64EC8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Cremer
  orcid: 0000-0002-2193-3868
- first_name: Frieder
  full_name: Mayer, Frieder
  last_name: Mayer
citation:
  ama: 'Ustinova J, Achmann R, Cremer S, Mayer F. Long repeats in a huge gemome: microsatellite
    loci in the grasshopper Chorthippus biguttulus. <i>Journal of Molecular Evolution</i>.
    2006;62(2):158-167. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-005-0022-6">10.1007/s00239-005-0022-6</a>'
  apa: 'Ustinova, J., Achmann, R., Cremer, S., &#38; Mayer, F. (2006). Long repeats
    in a huge gemome: microsatellite loci in the grasshopper Chorthippus biguttulus.
    <i>Journal of Molecular Evolution</i>. Springer Nature. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-005-0022-6">https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-005-0022-6</a>'
  chicago: 'Ustinova, Jana, Roland Achmann, Sylvia Cremer, and Frieder Mayer. “Long
    Repeats in a Huge Gemome: Microsatellite Loci in the Grasshopper Chorthippus Biguttulus.”
    <i>Journal of Molecular Evolution</i>. Springer Nature, 2006. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-005-0022-6">https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-005-0022-6</a>.'
  ieee: 'J. Ustinova, R. Achmann, S. Cremer, and F. Mayer, “Long repeats in a huge
    gemome: microsatellite loci in the grasshopper Chorthippus biguttulus,” <i>Journal
    of Molecular Evolution</i>, vol. 62, no. 2. Springer Nature, pp. 158–167, 2006.'
  ista: 'Ustinova J, Achmann R, Cremer S, Mayer F. 2006. Long repeats in a huge gemome:
    microsatellite loci in the grasshopper Chorthippus biguttulus. Journal of Molecular
    Evolution. 62(2), 158–167.'
  mla: 'Ustinova, Jana, et al. “Long Repeats in a Huge Gemome: Microsatellite Loci
    in the Grasshopper Chorthippus Biguttulus.” <i>Journal of Molecular Evolution</i>,
    vol. 62, no. 2, Springer Nature, 2006, pp. 158–67, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-005-0022-6">10.1007/s00239-005-0022-6</a>.'
  short: J. Ustinova, R. Achmann, S. Cremer, F. Mayer, Journal of Molecular Evolution
    62 (2006) 158–167.
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:05:49Z
date_published: 2006-02-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-08-27T07:31:36Z
day: '01'
doi: 10.1007/s00239-005-0022-6
extern: '1'
external_id:
  pmid:
  - '16474983 '
intvolume: '        62'
issue: '2'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '02'
oa_version: None
page: 158 - 167
pmid: 1
publication: Journal of Molecular Evolution
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 1432-1432
  issn:
  - 0022-2844
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer Nature
publist_id: '2242'
status: public
title: 'Long repeats in a huge gemome: microsatellite loci in the grasshopper Chorthippus
  biguttulus'
type: journal_article
user_id: 317138e5-6ab7-11ef-aa6d-ffef3953e345
volume: 62
year: '2006'
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