More than half the genome consists of repetitive DNA that has no genetic meaning.

Higher eukaryotes tend to have more repetitive DNA than non-repetitive one.

When refer to mammalians and plants, the major part of genome is composed by repetitive DNA.

This phenomenon also indicates the mighty influence coming from repetitive DNA act on the genomes.

Interspersed repetitive DNA elements allow new genes to evolve.

Repetitive DNA confuses the machinery that translates genetic instructions into proteins.

The consortium has found that the main families of repetitive DNA fell extinct long ago and no longer add clutter to the genome.

They often consist of very highly condensed, repetitive DNA and are largely transcriptionally silent.

Interspersed repetitive DNA is found in all eukaryotic genomes.

Heterochromatin consists mainly of genetically inactive and repetitive DNA sequences.

"Telomeres are regions of highly repetitive DNA capping every chromosome.

Slipped strand mispairing is one explanation for the origin and evolution of repetitive DNA sequences.

Some large intergenic regions contain repetitive DNA sequences.

A telomere is a region of highly repetitive DNA at the end of a linear chromosome.

This can make the process of genome assembly more difficult, particularly for sequences containing a large amount of repetitive DNA.

Only those sequence traces derived from repetitive DNA that could be associated with their unique mate pairs were included in our assemblies.

Repetitive DNA, representing over 40% of the human genome, is arranged in a bewildering array of patterns.

Human repetitive DNA.

There are two categories of repetitive DNA in genome: tandem repeats and interspersed repeats.

Sequencing of this clone revealed long stretches of repetitive DNA, which complicated both assembly and comparative analyses.

Filtering of repetitive DNA (affects non-specific binding)

When sequencing a genome, there are usually regions that are difficult to sequence (often regions with highly repetitive DNA).

The short repeat sequences are 1 to 7 nucleotides and can be homogeneous or heterogeneous repetitive DNA sequences.

With the size of the gap established, it becomes much easier for the assembly program to thread its way through the repetitive DNA between the two contigs.

In humans, aging is strongly correlated with the length of an individual's telomeres, the repetitive DNA at the ends of each chromosome.