- Institution/s: Universidad de Saarbrücken, Universidad de Valladolid
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 125
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Isaac MORENO RUIZ, Patricia ROJO DE DOMINGO, Rosario HERRERO, Susana ALVAREZ ALVAREZ
- Creation / modification date: 02-02-2014
- Term: tandem repeat(s)
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: A tandem repeat (is a type of DNA polymorphism where sequences of DNA are repeated.
- Context: Tandem repeat arrays showing variation between sequences within a population, between strains or across species may have functional effects. The increasing availability of genomic sequence data makes routine description of observed variation possible, creating a need for tools to describe such variability.
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition.
- Definition: The American Heritage Science Dictionary. (2005). Consultado el 28 de enero de 2014
- Context: O'DUSHLAINE CT, SHIELDS DC. (2006) Tools for the identification of variable and potentially variable tandem repeats. Consultado el 28 de enero de 2014. Disponible en: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/7/290
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