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Dinucleotide repeats

Dinucleotide repeats

The most common of the microsatellite tandem repeats (microsatellite repeats) dispersed in the euchromatic arms of chromosomes. They consist of two nucleotides, repeated thousands of times; guanine and thymine, (gt)n, is the most frequently seen.


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... sizes) because they are reflecting the different lengths of the dinucleotide repeat (ATATATATAT)n. You state that you have 3 different strains. You state that each strain carries a different length of repeats. Typically the experiment is set up to enzymatically digest out a fragment ...

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by Vagabond
Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:42 pm
 
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