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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Core

Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. genetics
  3. molecular genetics
  4. nucleotide sequences
  5. repetitive sequences
  6. tandem repeat sequences

Preferred term

tandem repeat sequences

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Copies of DNA sequences which lie adjacent to each other in the same orientation (direct tandem repeats) or in the opposite direction to each other (inverted tandem repeats).

    Source: Medical Subject Headings

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • tandem repeats

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/61079

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