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Tandem Repeat Variation

Known as: VNTR, Variable Number Tandem Repeat 
An inherited polymorphism in eukaryotic DNA that results from variations in the number of tandem repeat nucleotide sequences, which are end-to-end… 
National Institutes of Health

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Minisatellite RepeatsVariable Number of Tandem Repeats

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Review
2011
Review
2011
Species diversity and toxigenic potential of Fusarium graminearum complex isolates from maize fields in northwest Argentina.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Lack of support for a role of the insulin gene variable number of tandem repeats minisatellite (INS-VNTR) locus in fetal growth or type 2 diabetes-related intermediate traits in United Kingdom…
The insulin gene variable number of tandem repeats minisatellite (INS-VNTR) class III allele is associated with altered fetal… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Comparison of Variable Number Tandem Repeat and IS6110-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analyses for Discrimination of High- and Low-Copy-Number IS6110 Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates
ABSTRACT The present study was designed to evaluate the use of variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) and IS6110-restriction… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Population structure, stepwise mutations, heterozygote deficiency and their implications in DNA forensics
In a substructured population the overall heterozygote deficiency can be predicted from the number of subpopulations (s), their… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Monitoring of chimerism after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation with unmanipulated marrow by use of DNA polymorphisms.
Highly polymorphic tandemly repetitive DNA sequences provide powerful genetic markers for the identification of individuals by… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Independence of VNTR alleles defined as fixed bins.
An analysis is presented of data collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation at six unlinked variable number of tandem… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Characteristics of polymorphism at a VNTR locus 3' to the apolipoprotein B gene in five human populations.
We have analyzed the allele frequency distribution at the hypervariable locus 3' to the apolipoprotein B gene (ApoB 3' VNTR) in… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Population genetics of hypervariable loci: analysis of PCR based VNTR polymorphism within a population.
Using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based method, genotypes at two hypervariable loci (3' to the Apo-B-structural gene and at… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
A population genetic study of six VNTR loci in three ethnically defined populations.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
No excess of homozygosity at loci used for DNA fingerprinting.
Variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) loci are extremely valuable for the forensic technique known as DNA fingerprinting… 
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