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Hypervariable minisatellites have core
units 9–64 bp long and are
found mainly at the
centromeric regions. In humans, 90% of
minisatellites are
found at...
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exactly the same, are
considered minisatellites. However,
while all
VNTRs are
minisatellites, not all
minisatellites are VNTRs.
VNTRs can vary in number...
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initial test that
types many
minisatellites simultaneously. By
focusing on just a few of
these highly variable minisatellites, DNA
profiling made the system...
- base-pair
change (single
nucleotide polymorphism, SNP), or a long one, like
minisatellites. For many years, gene
mapping was
limited to
identifying organisms by...
- by
plant geneticists.
Microsatellites and
their longer cousins, the
minisatellites,
together are
classified as VNTR (variable
number of
tandem repeats)...
- of long-term
genetic defects,
citing a
doubling of radiation-induced
minisatellite mutations among children born in 1994. However, the risk of thyroid...
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Challenging Minisatellite Payload (CHAMP) was a
German satellite launched July 15, 2000 from Plesetsk,
Russia and was used for
atmospheric and ionospheric...
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repeat (VNTR). MeSH
classifies variable number tandem repeats under minisatellites.
Tandem repeats can
occur through different mechanisms. For example...
- is 10–60
nucleotides long, the
repeat is
referred to as a
minisatellite. For
minisatellites and microsatellites, the
number of
times the
sequence repeats...
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genetic disorders, such as
fragile X
syndrome and Huntington's disease.
Minisatellites, also
known as
variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs), are specific...
