CONCATENATE Basics. To use the CONCATENATE function, write a formula starting =CONCATENATE( followed by each item you want to combine, separated by commas. To include strings of plain text, wrap the text inside quotation marks. For example, the formula =CONCATENATE(x,y) results in a single cell that reads xy..
Microsatellite genotyping is the genotyping of tandem repeats such as Short Tandem Repeats (STRs) or Variable Nucleotide Tandem Repeats (VNTRs). STRs and VNTRs are polymorphic DNA loci present throughout the genome.Microsatellite genotyping is a widely accepted tool for a variety of applications such as linkage mapping studies, association studies, and identification of organisms.Applied Biosystems' five-dye chemistry increases the number of microsatellite markers that can be run in a single capillary, for improved throughput.Figure 1 is an example of 18 microsatellite loci co-electrophoresed in a single capillary.pplied Biosystems' five-dye chemistry increases the number of microsatellite markers that can be run in a single capillary, for improved throughput. Figure 1 is an example of 18 microsatellite loci co-electrophoresed in a single capillary.
This method of isolating and visualising of sequences of DNA was developed in 1984 by Alec Jeffreys, who identified minisatellites that do not contribute to gene function but are repeated in the genes and elsewhere in a DNA sample, thus providing highly specific information about that organism or person.