Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
Transversion:
the change in a base from a purine to a pyrimidine (A or G to C or T)
or a pyrimidine to a purine (C or T to A or G).
Variable Number Tandem Repeat (VNTR):
polymorphic region of DNA where alle-
les differ in the number of tandemly arranged core repeats. VNTR alleles can range
in size from around 500 bp to over 20 kb. Also known as minisatellites.
