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- noun genetics A short series of
bases that reoccurs many times in agenome
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Gene containing 'minisatellite' plays key role in driving human DNA diversity
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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Gene containing 'minisatellite' plays key role in driving human DNA diversity
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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Gene containing 'minisatellite' plays key role in driving human DNA diversity
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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Gene containing 'minisatellite' plays key role in driving human DNA diversity
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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DNA profiling using single-locus minisatellite markers
Archive 2004-12-01 2004
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Alec said: 'I've come full circle - starting out with minisatellites to develop DNA fingerprinting, and arriving at a gene containing a minisatellite that plays a key role in driving all kinds of human DNA diversity, including variation at minisatellites.
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The PRDM9 minisatellite gives the answer - it evolves rapidly, like any other unstable minisatellite, and keeps churning out variants that can trigger new hotspots, replenishing those that have committed suicide.
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Ironically, the variation in PRDM9 is due to a minisatellite within the gene itself.
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The first minisatellite, the UoSAT 12, will be launched this year to demonstrate the potential of low-Earth and geostationary-orbit
HEADLINES 2010
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Prdm9 gene itself contains a minisatellite, and that this is probably what makes the gene vary so much between individuals.
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