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The application of microsatellites in molecular pathology.
Pathology oncology research : POR - 1 Jan 1998
Naidoo R, Chetty R
Abstract excerpt
Present within the genome are large numbers of seemingly unimportant DNA segments arranged in repetitive units. Furthermore, these stretches of DNA contain variations or polymorphisms that are characteristic for an individual and results in a unique DNA fingerprint. Approximately 30% of the DNA repeat sequences are arranged as short tandem repeat sequences, which are called microsatellites. Microsatellites may...
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