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Minisatellites or VNTR’s are used in
BiologyMolecular Basis of InheritanceJIPMERJIPMER 2017
Options:
  • A DNA fingerprinting
  • B Polymerase Chain Reaction, (PCR)
  • C gene therapy
  • D gene mapping
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The correct answer is: DNA fingerprinting
Minisatellites or Variable Number of Tandem Repeats (VNTR) are used in DNA fingerprinting technique. In VNTR, satellite DNA acts as a probe, that shows very high degree of polymorphism.

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