tandem repeat

tandem repeat
tan·dem repeat 'tan-dəm- n any of several identical DNA segments lying one after the other in a sequence compare LONG TERMINAL REPEAT

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1. arrangement of two or more copies of a nucleotide sequence adjacent to each other within a segment of DNA. 2. arrangement of two or more copies of a gene or two or more copies of a segment of a chromosome adjacent to each other on a chromosome.

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