Determining the Genotype at a VNTR Locus
Use a modification of DNA replication to copy the DNA in the VNTR gene many times.
This modification is called the Polymerase Chain Reaction or PCR.
When enough copies of the VNTR gene have been made, analyze the number of repeats by electrophoresis.
(more repeats = longer length = less distance migrated).
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