Microsatellite Repeat:
A variety of simple di- (DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS), tri- (TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS), tetra-, and pentanucleotide tandem repeats (usually less than 100 bases long).
Tandem repeats:
Copies of DNA sequences which lie adjacent to each other
Related terms:
Simple Tandem Repeats (STR), Exact Tandem Repeats (ETRs), Short Sequence Repeats (SSRs),
Repetitive DNA, Simple Sequence Repeats (SSR)