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Descriptor English:   Minisatellite Repeats 
Descriptor Spanish:   Repeticiones de Minisatélite 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Repetições Mini-Satélites 
Synonyms English:   VNTR Loci
VNTR Region
VNTR Sequences
Variable Number of Tandem Repeats  
Tree Number:   G02.111.570.080.708.800.550
G05.360.080.708.800.550
G05.360.340.024.850.550
Definition English:   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 Related English:   DNA Fingerprinting
 
History Note English:   1997(1995) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
DE drug effects GE genetics
IM immunology PH physiology
RE radiation effects  
Record Number:   31985 
Unique Identifier:   D018598 

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