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Repetitive stretches of short sequences of DNA used as genetic markers to track inheritance in families.
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Dr. Francis Collins, former director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, defines microsatellite.
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deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA),
inherited,
genetic marker,
nucleotide,
genetic code (ATGC),
chromosome,
polymorphism,
Human Genome Project,
genetic map,
polymerase chain reaction (PCR) |
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