One of the Advantages of STR Profiling Over VNTR Profiling

question 4

Multiple Choice

One of the advantages of STR profiling over VNTR profiling is that_______ .

• A)it presents more variable sequences reducing false positive matches
• B)STRs are not variable in the number of repeats,whereas VNTRs are
• C)STRs are variable in the number of repeats,whereas VNTRs are not
• D)it requires much less DNA because PCR can be used to amplify small samples

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