microsatellite enrichment

{{Short description|Molecular biology technique}}

Microsatellite enrichment is a method in molecular biology used for enriching the amount of microsatellite sequences in a DNA sample. This can be achieved by designing oligonucleotide probes that hybridize with the repeats in the microsatellites and then pull out the probe/microsatellite complexes from the solution.{{cite journal |vauthors=Kaukinen KH, Supernault KJ, Miller KM | year=2004 | title= Enrichment of tetranucleotide microsatellite loci from invertebrate species | journal= Journal of Shellfish Research | volume=23 | issue=2 | page=621}} This has been shown to be a cost-effective method to sample the genetic diversity in non-model organisms.{{cite journal|last=Jennings|first=TN |author2=Knaus, BJ |author3=Mullins, TD |author4=Haig, SM |author5=Cronn, RC|title=Multiplexed microsatellite recovery using massively parallel sequencing.|journal=Molecular Ecology Resources|date=2011-06-16|pmid=21676207|doi=10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03033.x|volume=11|issue=6|pages=1060–7|s2cid=42109222 }}