The repertoire of short tandem repeats across the tree of life
We conclude that STRs have expanded in eukaryotic and viral lineages and not in archaea or bacteria, resulting in large discrepancies in genomic composition.
Authors
- Ilias Georgakopoulos‐Soares (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3641-1488)
- Nikol Chantzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4947-0745)
Institutions
- Austin College (US)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Genome biology
- Published
- 2025-12-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-025-03893-z
- Primary Topic
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00