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Q. The size of VNTRs varies between

NTA AbhyasNTA Abhyas 2020Molecular Basis of Inheritance

Solution:

The VNTR belongs to a class of satellite DNA referred to as mini satellite. A small DNA sequence is arranged tandemly in many copy numbers. The number of repeats show very high degree of polymorphism. Size of VNTRs varies from 0.1 to 20 kbp.