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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.
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- Minisatellite
- Minisatellite Repeat
- Minisatellites
- Repeat, Minisatellite
- Repeats, Minisatellite
- VNTR Loci
- VNTR Region
- VNTR Sequence
- VNTR Sequences
- Variable Number Of Tandem Repeat
- Variable Number Tandem Repeat
- Variable Number Tandem Repeats
- Variable Number of Tandem Repeats
- Variable Tandem Repeat
- Variable Tandem Repeats
- Loci, VNTR
- Locus, VNTR
- Region, VNTR
- Regions, VNTR
- Repeat, Variable Tandem
- Repeats, Variable Tandem
- Sequence, VNTR
- Sequences, VNTR
- Tandem Repeat, Variable
- Tandem Repeats, Variable
- VNTR Locus
- VNTR Regions
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Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.
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1997(1995)
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- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid (1985-1994)
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- National Library of Medicine. Minisatellite Repeats. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018598. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018598
- Minisatellite Repeats. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minisatellite
- Minisatellite Repeats. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418883