I used TandemRepeatFinder to find STRs in sequences I retrieved from Genbank and in some sequences the program has found more than one STR. What does this mean? In a sequence for example, some of the repeats share the same motifs and others are of different motifs.
Dear Kasmenis
STRs, also called as Simple Sequence Repeat or micosatellites are present frequently across the genome. Multiple SSRs can be found in a single sequence. I do not no what you mean by sequences downloaded, are they genomes, chromosomes or genes ?. Anyway, SSRs of same motifs can be there in any DNA sequence multiple times but their lengths may vary. You can use this online tool SSRit (http://archive.gramene.org/db/markers/ssrtool) to find them easily
SIncerely
K.ULAGANATHAN
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