Minisatellite repeats

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004137",
  "term": "Minisatellite repeats",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Tandem arrays of moderately repetitive, short (10-60 bases) DNA sequences found dispersed throughout the genome, at the ends of chromosomes (telomeres), and clustered near telomeres. Their degree of repetition is two to several hundred at each locus. Loci number in the thousands but each locus shows a distinctive repeat unit.",
  "synonyms": [
    "VNTR (genetics)",
    "VNTR loci",
    "VNTR region",
    "VNTR sequences",
    "minisatellites",
    "variable number of tandem repeats",
    "variable tandem repeats"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "repetitive sequences",
    "DNA fingerprinting"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2012",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "repeticiones de minisatélite"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/minisatellite-repeats/"
}