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Differentiate between the followings:

Repetitive DNA and Satellite DNA















Repetitive DNA



Satellite DNA



(i) A small of stretch of DNA that is repeated many times in a DNA sequence is called Repetitive DNA.



(i) A DNA sequence that contains many repetitive DNA is called Satellite DNA.



(ii) It is found in all parts of a genome.



(ii) It is found in the centromere and telomere regions of a chromosome.




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