Editing Variable number tandem repeat (section)

==Classes==
[[File:VNTRexample.png|thumb|500x500px|This shows a theoretical example of a VNTR in two different individuals. A single strand of DNA from each individual is displayed in which there is tandem repeat sequence that the individuals share. The sequence presence is a VNTR because one individual has five repeats, while the other has seven repeats (number of repeats varies in different individuals). Each repeat is ten nucleotides, making it a minisatellite, rather than a microsatellite in which each repeat is 1-6 nucleotides.]]
VNTRs are a type of [[minisatellite]] in which the size of the repeat sequence is generally ten to one hundred base pairs. Minisatellites are a type of DNA [[Tandem repeat|tandem repeat sequence]], meaning that the sequences repeat one after another without other sequences or nucleotides in between them. Minisatellites are characterized by a repeat sequence of about ten to one hundred nucleotides, and the number of times the sequence repeats varies from about five to fifty times. The sequences of minisatellites are larger than those of [[microsatellite]]s, in which the repeat sequence is generally 1 to 6 nucleotides. The two types of repeat sequences are both tandem but are specified by the length of the repeat sequence. VNTRs, therefore, because they have repeat sequences of ten to one hundred nucleotides in which every repeat is exactly the same, are considered minisatellites. However, while all VNTRs are minisatellites, not all minisatellites are VNTRs. VNTRs can vary in number of repeats from individual to individual, as where some non-VNTR minisatellites have repeat sequences that repeat the same number of times in all individuals containing the tandem repeats in their genomes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=VNTR |url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/visibleproofs/education/dna/vntr.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501193228/https://www.nlm.nih.gov/visibleproofs/education/dna/vntr.pdf |archive-date=2017-05-01 |access-date=2024-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dubrova |first=Yuri E. |title=Minisatellites and microsatellites – similar names but different biology |url=https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/mathematics/redundant-content/event-microsites/bio/Dubrova.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215111344/https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/mathematics/redundant-content/event-microsites/bio/Dubrova.pdf |archive-date=2017-12-15}}</ref>