Minisatellite
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- This article is about the DNA sequence. See also miniaturized satellite for the size class of orbiting spacecraft
Minisatellites are DNA sequences of a tandemly repeated pattern (from 10 to 100 bp) and total size between 100 and 2000 bp. They are most commonly found at the end of chromosomes. The telomere sequence is a minisatellite repeat: TTAGGG TTAGGG TTAGGG ...