minisatellite
/ˌmɪnɪˈsatəlʌɪt/ /ˌmɪnɪˈsat(ə)lʌɪt/Genetics
noun
Any segment of DNA consisting of a short sequence of nucleotides (typically 10 to 60 base pairs) repeated several to many times. Compare microsatellite, satellite.
- Extreme variability in the overall length (number of repeats) of minisatellites provides the basis for DNA fingerprinting in animals and plants..
Origin
1980s. From mini- + satellite. Compare earlier microsatellite.
- not see someone for dust
- not-self
- not sleep (or get) a wink (or not get a wink of sleep)
- not so dusty
- not someone's day
- not someone's idea of
- not so much —— as ——
- not stand (or have) an earthly
- not stand the ghost of a chance
- not suffer fools gladly
- nott
- not take kindly to
- not take no for an answer
- Nottaway
- not that
- not the full quid
- not the full shilling
- not the only pebble on the beach
- not-thereness
- not the sharpest knife in the drawer
- not the sharpest tool in the shed
- Nottingham
- Nottingham catchfly
- Nottingham lace
- Nottinghamshire