SciRoKo is a user-friendly software tool for the identification of microsatellites in genomic sequences. The combination of an extremely fast search algorithm with a built-in summary statistic tool makes SciRoKo an excellent tool for full genome analysis. Compared to other already existing tools, SciRoKo also allows the analysis of compound microsatellites.free for use: www.kofler.or.at/Bioinformatics.Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

SciRoKo: a new tool for whole genome microsatellite search and investigation