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Minisatellite Repeats

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Definition: Tandem arrays of moderately repetitive, short (10-60 bases) DNA sequences which are found dispersed throughout the GENOME, at the ends of chromosomes (TELOMERES), and clustered near telomeres. Their degree of repetition is two to several hundred at each locus. Loci number in the thousands but each locus shows a distinctive repeat unit.     
See Also DNA Fingerprinting 		Other names VNTR Loci; Variable Tandem Repeat; VNTR Sequence; VNTR Regions; VNTR Locus; Tandem Repeats, Variable; Tandem Repeat, Variable; Sequences, VNTR; Sequence, VNTR; Repeats, Variable Tandem; Repeats, Minisatellite; Repeat, Variable Tandem; Repeat, Minisatellite; Regions, VNTR; Region, VNTR; Minisatellite Repeat; Minisatellite; Locus, VNTR; Loci, VNTR; Variable Tandem Repeats

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