alleryDNA fingerprinting developed by Alec Jeffreys originally used which type of repetitive sequence as a probe?
AMicrosatellite repeats
BLINE retroelements
CVNTR mini-satellite
DTelomeric TTAGGG repeats
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. VNTR mini-satellite
Jeffreys used VNTRs, a class of mini-satellite DNA with highly polymorphic copy numbers, detected by Southern blotting with radiolabelled VNTR probes and autoradiography.
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