• In genetics, a minisatellite is a tract of repetitive DNA in which certain DNA motifs (ranging in length from 10–60 base pairs) are typically repeated...
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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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    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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    SSLV-D2 mission, the first successful mission of the SSLV rocket. It's a minisatellite designed to accommodate new technology payloads in a quick turn-around...
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    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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  • disorders. When between 10 and 60 nucleotides are repeated, it is called a minisatellite. Those with fewer are known as microsatellites or short tandem repeats...
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    Division. Verbenko, Dmitry A.; et al. (2005). "Variability of the 3'ApoB Minisatellite Locus in Eastern Slavonic Populations". Human Heredity. 60 (1): 10–18...
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    sequences (arrays of repeated sequences 10–60 nucleotides long) are termed minisatellites. Transposable genetic elements, DNA sequences that can replicate and...
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  • 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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  • base-pair change (single nucleotide polymorphism, SNP), or a long one, like minisatellites. For many years, gene mapping was limited to identifying organisms by...
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