title: Overview of human repetitive DNA sequences.
abstract: This appendix contains brief descriptions of the most abundant classes of repetitive DNA in the human genome. The chromosomal distribution of these classes of repeats are shown for human chromosome 16.
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Doggett
mesh_terms: D020087:Alu Elements; D002885:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16 / Q000235:genetics; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D005826:Genetics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D020084:Long Interspersed Nucleotide Elements; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D016615:Telomere / Q000235:genetics; D020079:Terminal Repeat Sequences
chemical_list: D004247:DNA