Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

short tandem repeat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables: short- -tandem re-peat
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pattern in DNA where two or more nucleotides are repeated and the repeated sequences are directly adjacent to each other, used in determining genetic profiles to identify an individual.

Inflected Forms

short tandem repeats (plural)

Synonyms

STR

Questions

What does short tandem repeat mean?: A pattern in DNA where two or more nucleotides are repeated and the repeated sequences are directly adjacent to each other, used in determining genetic profiles to identify an individual.

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