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. 2012 Jul 26;3(3):461–480. doi: 10.3390/genes3030461

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Main definitions and characteristics of tandem repeats (TRs). TRs are unstable due to frequent changes in the number of repeat units. TRs with short unit length are also called microsatellites and those with long units are called minisatellites.