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tandem repeat
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tandem repeat,
appearance of two or more identical segments close to each other within a strand of DNA.
repeat [rĕ-pēt´]
something done or occurring more than once, particularly over and over.
long terminal r's identical nucleotide sequences occurring at each end of a proviral genome or a transposon and believed to be essential for integration of the molecule into host DNA.
tandem repeat appearance of two or more identicle segments close to each other within a strand of DNA.
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The tandem repeat sequences also were complementary and could bind to each other.
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To evaluate this hypothesis, Fondon and Garner looked for tandem repeat sequences in 92 breeds of domesticated dogs.
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The two most common methods are 1) the restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) method that analyses inherited polymorphisms of variable numbers of tandem repeat sequences (VNTRs) of unknown function, and 2) polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which amplifies DNA sequences of either known or unknown function.
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