Science news articles about 'repetitive dna sequences'

Researchers have long known that some repetitive DNA sequences can make human chromosomes "fragile," i.e. ... is due to the formation of a stable, hairpin-like DNA structure formed by long CGG repeats. ...

... two species share much of the same DNA. Moreover, horses suffer from more than 90 hereditary ... them. It is clear that they contain highly repetitive DNA sequences, but what is less clear is which comes ...

... between poor outcomes and high levels of GSTM4. The discovery was made by focusing on repetitive DNA sequences called microsatellites. Microsatellites are sometimes referred to as "junk DNA" because ...

... created de novo from individual genomic DNA molecules. "The maize optical map is by far ... mitosis and meiosis - consist of highly repetitive DNA sequences, these regions are exceedingly difficult to map ...