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Tandem Repeat Variation
An inherited polymorphism in eukaryotic DNA that results from variations in the number of tandem repeat nucleotide sequences, which are end-to-end adjacent copies of a short (2 to 60 nucleotides) DNA sequence located between two restriction endonuclease recognition sites. These are referred to as variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR), and the number of alleles at these loci can vary from 2 to more than 20. VNTRs provide important genetic information that is used to identify an individual via the DNA fingerprinting technique. (NCI Thesaurus)
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